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Noun: cat cracker
  1. A chemical reactor for converting oils with high boiling points into fuels with lower boiling points in the presence of a catalyst
    "The refinery's cat cracker broke down heavy oil into petrol";
    - catalytic cracker

Derived forms: cat crackers

Type of: chemical reactor

Part of: oil refinery, petroleum refinery

Encyclopedia: Cat cracker