1) Camp combustible 2) Canadian invention 3) Coal oil 4) Early rockefeller product 5) Flammable oil 6) Fuel 7) Fuel at a campsite 8) Fuel for jet engines 9) Fuel for lanterns 10) Fuel for some lamps 11) Fuel smoke rose near house 12) Fuel, solvent or illuminant 13) Heater fuel 14) Hydrocarbon 15) Jet fuel component
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1) Coal oil 2) Kerosine 3) Lamp oil 4) Oil
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Kerosene is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid. The name is derived from κηρός (keros) meaning wax. The word `Kerosene` was registered as a trademark by Abraham Gesner in 1854, and for several years, only the North American Gas Light Company and the Downer Company (to which Gesner had granted the right) were allowed to call their lamp oil `K......
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A mixture of hydrocarbons distilled from crude petroleum; see RJ-1, RP-1.
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flammable pale yellow or colourless oily liquid with a not-unpleasant characteristic odour. It is obtained from petroleum and used for burning in ... [4 related articles]
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A light petroleum distillate that is used in space heaters, cook stoves, and water heaters and is suitable for use as a light source when burned in wick-fed lamps. Kerosene has a maximum distillation temperature of 400°F at the 10-percent recovery point, a final boiling point of 572°F, and a...
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A type of heating fuel derived by refining crude oil that has a boiling range at atmospheric pressure from 400 degrees to 550 degrees F.
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Dodecane (Kerosene) C12H26 commonly used mineral fuel oil used as aviation fuel and central heating consisting of many hydrocarbons containing molecules with about 10 to 16 carbon atoms.
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(#1 Fuel Oil): Flash point generally between 100 and 150 degrees F. Explosive limits of 0.7% to 5.0%. Kerosene consists mostly of C9 through C17 hydrocarbons. In order to be identified as kerosene, a sample extract must exhibit a homologous series five consecutive normal alkanes between C9 and C17. Kerosene is the most common 'incidental' acceleran...
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a medium light oil used for lighting, heating and aircraft fuel.
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A refined petroleum fraction used as a fuel as well as a solvent. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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A petroleum distillate that has a maximum distillation temperature of 401 degrees Fahrenheit at the 10 percent recovery point, a final boiling point of 572 degrees Fahrenheit, and a minimum flash point of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Used in space heaters, cookstoves, and water heaters, and suitable for use as an illuminant when burn...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ker′ō-sēn Definitions: 1. A mixture of petroleum hydrocarbons, chiefly of the methane series; the fifth fraction in the distillation of petroleum, used as fuel for lamps and stoves, as a degreaser and cleaner, and in insecticides. Contact on human skin can lead to irritation and infection; inhalation may ca...
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Kerosene is an oil distilled from petroleum, coal or bituminous shale.
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kerosene 1. A thin oil distilled from petroleum or shale oil, used as a fuel for heating and cooking, in lamps, and as a denaturant for alcohol. Also called coal oil, lamp oil. 2. Etymology: from 1852, coined in Canada by Abraham Gesner, who discovered how to distill it about 1846, from Greek keros, 'wax' + chemical suffix -ene. So called because ...
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Translations for „Kerosene“ Become a Premium Member today! Synonym for petroleum clay; see there. Petrolton Designation (also Juchtenton or Kerosinton) for a characteristic smell and taste in especially white wine. However, this must not be confused with the firn (Altersfirn). Petroleum clay is reminiscent of mineral oil (kerosen...
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Thin oil obtained from the fractional distillation of crude oil (unrefined petroleum; a highly refined form is used in jet aircraft fuel. Kerosene is a mixture of hydrocarbons of the alkane series, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons with 11 or 12 carbon atoms. Boiling points range from 160°C/320°F to 250°C/480°F. Crud...
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A type of heating fuel derived by refining crude oil that has a boiling range at atmospheric pressure from 400 degrees to 550 degrees F.
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a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained by distilling petroleum, bituminous shale, or the like, and widely used as a fuel, cleaning solvent, etc.
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