petroleum for illumination

More context, please. It could be petroleum for fuels but it would be oil for illumination - but only in very antiquated or rustic circumstances.

Lighting oil, I think

Hi,

Is it petroleum for illumination? or illumination petrol or something similar?

Or maybe 'kerosene'?

But perhaps we are getting away from the original question? If it's a common item, we'd usually just name it by putting the two nouns together, ie 'illumination oil' or l'ighting oil'. If it's a less common use, you'd say something like '

Hi Clive, Marius and Alan,

Here's the context:

Distillation is a physical operation of separating the mixture of several components/or multicomponents mixture on the basis of the different steam/vapour pressure and boling-points of the individual components into: base petrol (50-220°C), petroleum for illumination (180-280°C), grease oils and paraffins (more than 350°C) and nonev

i've got no doubt that it should be 'fuel oil' or 'diesel oil'.

It's got nothing to do with illumination in English.

It is very strange. I will have to ask the author, because there is a term for diesel oil and fuel oil in Croatian, and it has nothing to do with illumination.

Thank you Alan.

OK, be interested to see if it's different.

In chemical terms, fuel oil and diesel oil are correct in that part of the distillation.

AntonijaDistillation is a physical operation of separating the mixture of several components/or multicomponents mixture on the basis of the different steam/vapour pressure and boling-points of the individual components into: base petrol (50-220°C), petroleum for illumination (

'Kerosene' could be used though I personally would prefer fuel oil/diesel oil.

at one time there was a product marketed as 'lighting kerosene' by one of the oil companies.

and yes, kerosene would be included in the range of different 'fuel oils'.