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Kerosene = paraffin
I found the following .. " kerosene = paraffin (GB) = lighting oil = petrole lampant (F) =
kerdane (F) "
Is this all true ?
What are the etymologies ?
Thanks
Chris
kerdane (F) "
Is this all true ?
What are the etymologies ?
Thanks
Chris
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[nq:1]I found the following .. [/nq] Well, more or less. The problem is that most all products refined from crude oil are mixtures of complex aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons in variable proportions.
- [nq:1]I found the following ..
- [/nq] Well, more or less.
- The problem is that most all products refined from crude oil are mixtures of complex aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons in variable proportions.
- There's no such thing as a chemical called gasoline for instance.
- What we term gasoline is a mix of Pentane; Hexane; Benzene; Heptane; Toluene; Octane; Ethylbenzene; Xylene; Nonane; Methyl-ethylbenzene; Trimethylbenzene; Naphthalene; Methylnaphthalene; Dimethylnaphthalene and on and on through a long list of possible components, over 200 of them.
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[nq:1]I found the following .. " kerosene = paraffin (GB) = lighting oil = petrole lampant (F) = kerdane (F) " Is this all true ?[/nq]
Well, more or less. The problem is that most all products refined from crude oil are mixtures of complex aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons in variable proportions. There's no such thing as a chemical called gasoline for instance. What we term gasoline is a mi
Well, more or less. The problem is that most all products refined from crude oil are mixtures of complex aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons in variable proportions. There's no such thing as a chemical called gasoline for instance. What we term gasoline is a mi
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[nq:1]I found the following .. " kerosene = paraffin (GB) = lighting oil = petrole lampant (F) = kerdane (F) " Is this all true ? What are the etymologies ?[/nq]
etymologies from AHD:
parrafin
(German Paraffin : Latin parum, little, not very; see pau- below + Latin affinis, associated with (from its lack of affinity with other material); see AFFINED.)
kerosene
(Greek keros, wax
etymologies from AHD:
parrafin
(German Paraffin : Latin parum, little, not very; see pau- below + Latin affinis, associated with (from its lack of affinity with other material); see AFFINED.)
kerosene
(Greek keros, wax
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