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Spectrum Chart - 518 : Oil (Petroleum)
1. Crude Oil – Crude Oil is a naturally
occurring thick, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological
formations beneath the Earth's surface, which is commonly refined
into various types of fuels. It is a natural material mainly made of
hydrocarbons. Most of it is found by drilling down through rocks on
land or off-shore on the continental shelf.
2. Liquefied Petroleum Gas - Liquefied
petroleum gas are flammable mixtures of hydrocarbon gases used as
fuel in heating appliances, cooking equipment and vehicles. LPG has a
very wide variety of uses, mainly used for cylinders across many
different markets as an efficient fuel container in the agricultural,
recreation, hospitality, calefaction, construction, sailing and
fishing sectors.
3. Butane Gas – Butane is an alkane.
Butanes are highly flammable, colourless, easily liquefied gases.
Butane gas is sold in canisters, for cooking and camping. It is also
used as fuel in cigarette lighters, and as propellant in aerosol
sprays or deodorants. Some kinds of Butane are used in refrigerators.
Butane is dangerous. Inhalation can lead to death by asphyxiation.
Contact with the skin can lead to frostbite. If the liquid comes in
contact with the air, it will explode.
4. Kerosene - Kerosene is a combustible
hydrocarbon liquid widely used as a fuel in industry and households.
Kerosene is made from crude oil. It may be used as fuel for lamps, in
some kinds of cooking stoves and in heaters. Kerosene is also used in
the fuel for jet engines. Kerosene is used as cooking fuel in India.
5. Diesel - Diesel fuel is a type of fuel
for cars. It is also an oil used for an energy source. It is made
from petroleum and from various other sources. Diesel fuel is widely
used in most types of transportation. Trucks and buses are almost
exclusively diesel-powered. Diesel displaced coal and fuel oil for
steam-powered rail vehicles.
6. Petrol (Gasoline) – Petrol (Gasoline)
is a toxic, clear liquid that is mostly used as a fuel in internal
combustion engines. It is made by boiling crude oil. In a
distillation process, petroleum is heated to a very high temperature,
then it separates into its components, one of them is gasoline.
Petrol is most often used in vehicles like cars, vans, etc. Petrol
can be used in a wide variety of other things that we use every day,
such as lawnmowers, leaf blowers and small boat motors.
7. Fuel Oil - Fuel oil is a fraction
obtained from petroleum distillation, either as a distillate or a
residue at the oil refinery. Fuel oil is made of long hydrocarbon
chains, particularly alkanes, cycloalkanes and aromatics.
8. Aviation Fuel / Jet Fuel - Jet fuel,
aviation turbine fuel (ATF) is a type of aviation fuel designed for
use in aircraft powered by gas-turbine engines. It is colourless to
straw-coloured in appearance. The most commonly used fuels for
commercial aviation are Jet A and Jet A-1, which are produced to a
standardised international specification.
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