naphtha

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Naturally-occurring liquid petroleum
Any of a wide variety of aliphatic or aromatic liquid hydrocarbon mixtures distilled from petroleum or coal tar, especially as used in solvents or petrol

The Common Room and the Library were lit by anbaric light, but the Scholars preferred the older, softer naphtha lamps in the Retiring Room.

a light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints
{n} a bituminous mineral, very inflammable
A generic term applied to a petroleum fraction with an approximate boiling range between 122 and 400oF
Naturally-occuring liquid petroleum
an aliphatic low KB hydrocarbon solvent; any of several volatile hydrocarbon liquids derived chiefly from coal tar, used as a solvent
Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0
any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents
{i} inflammable substance at the intermediate stage between gasoline and benzine; kerosene; petroleum
One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as, Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal (obtained at Boghead, Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc
A petroleum distillate, from the same "middle distillates" as kerosene and "mineral spirits", but is somewhat more volatile than kerosene Naphtha is the "first cut", coming off in fractional distillation BEFORE Kerosene Today used as a solvent, and paint thinner (not recommended as such!) Has been sold in a blended form by Coleman as "white gas" or "Coleman Fuel" for years A generally safe substitute for automotive gasoline in lamps DESIGNED to burn gasoline, but a bit too volatile for safe use in kerosene lamps Commercial Naphtha contains approximately 50 to 52% "paraffins", and about 48% "napthenes", NO sulphur, a very low "aromatics", and has a "mild" odor Technically: Specific Gravity 0 7775 to 0 804; Initial Distillation Point: 350 deg F minimum; Final Distillation ("Dry Point"): 415 deg F maximum; flash point: 142 deg F
A generic term applied to a petroleum fraction with an approximate boiling range between 122 and 400 degrees Fahrenheit
Any low boiling refinery stream Gasoline is made by blending several virgin and treated naphthas
Straight-run gasoline fractions Used as a feedstock for reforming and as a petrochemical feedstock
Any of various volatile often flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures used chiefly as solvents and dilutents
7, used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc
A petroleum distillate solvent used mainly by professional painters to thin oil-based coatings and to clean up
A volatile, colorless product of petroleum distillation Used primarily as a paint solvent, cleaning fluid, and blendstock in gasoline production
The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil
A general term applied to the lower boiling fractions of petroleum, usually below 400 ºF
rock oil
naphtha

    Silbentrennung

    naph·tha

    Türkische aussprache

    näfthı

    Aussprache

    /ˈnafᴛʜə/ /ˈnæfθə/

    Etymologie

    [ 'naf-th&, ÷'nap- ] (noun.) 1572. From Latin naphtha, from Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha), from Middle Persian/Old Persian naft . Compare Persian نفت (naft). The Greek etymology is reflected in the spelling – ‘ph’ and ‘th’ (from ‘φ’ and ‘θ’).

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