What is petrol diesel and kerosene?

Diesel and kerosene are both petroleum fuels extracted following oil refinery. They are part of the molecular components of crude oil characterized by simple and complex hydrocarbon chains. The distillation process separate these components based on different boiling points.

What is the difference between naphtha and kerosene?

As nouns the difference between naphtha and kerosene is that naphtha is (dated) naturally-occurring liquid petroleum while kerosene is kerosene (fuel oil).

What is naptha used for?

The main uses of petroleum naphtha fall into the general areas of (1) precursor to gasoline and other liquid fuels, (2) solvents (diluents) for paints, (3) dry-cleaning solvents, (4) solvents for cutback asphalts, (5) solvents in rubber industry, and (6) solvents for industrial extraction processes.

Is petrol and kerosene same?

Are kerosene and gasoline the same? Kerosene is much less volatile than gasoline, with a flash point temperature of 100 degrees F. On the other hand, gasoline (or petrol) is extremely flammable with a flash point temperature of -40 degrees F.

What is kerosene called in the UK?

paraffin
In the UK, people often use the term paraffin to refer to kerosene so it’s likely that you’ll get the same product, whatever you call it. The important thing to remember is that whether a supplier refers to it as kerosene or paraffin, you can use it regardless in your heating system.

What is the difference between naphtha and diesel?

As nouns the difference between diesel and naphtha is that diesel is a fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed while naphtha is (dated) naturally-occurring liquid petroleum.

What is the difference between naphtha and gasoline?

The key difference between naphtha and gasoline is that the naphtha describes the more volatile forms of petroleum whereas gasoline is a petroleum-derived fuel. Naphtha and gasoline are two important hydrocarbon mixtures which we derive from petroleum.

Is diesel a fuel oil?

In this sense, diesel is a type of fuel oil. Fuel oil is made of long hydrocarbon chains, particularly alkanes, cycloalkanes and aromatics. The term fuel oil is also used in a stricter sense to refer only to the heaviest commercial fuel that can be obtained from crude oil, heavier than gasoline and naphtha.