• Naphtha (/ˈnæpθə/ or /ˈnæfθə/) is a flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture. Generally, it is a fraction of crude oil, but it can also be produced from natural-gas...
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  • Petroleum naphtha is an intermediate hydrocarbon liquid stream derived from the refining of crude oil with CAS-no 64742-48-9. It is most usually desulfurized...
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    A naphtha launch, sometimes called a "vapor launch", was a small motor launch, powered by a naphtha engine. They were a particularly American design,...
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  • The naphtha flare lamps is a forerunner of widely known high pressure paraffin lamps such as Coleman, Tilley, and Petromax. Patented in 1848, they were...
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    White spirit (redirect from Solvent naphtha)
    specific kinds of white spirit, including Stoddard solvent and solvent naphtha (petroleum). White spirit is often used as a paint thinner, or as a component...
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    Benzene (redirect from Coal naphtha)
    Benzene is an organic chemical compound with the molecular formula C6H6. The benzene molecule is composed of six carbon atoms joined in a planar hexagonal...
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  • points, called petroleum spirit, petroleum ether, and petroleum benzine. "Naphtha" has the CAS Registry Number 8030-30-6, which also covers petroleum benzine...
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    Catalytic reforming is a chemical process used to convert petroleum refinery naphthas distilled from crude oil (typically having low octane ratings) into high-octane...
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    Ethyl acetate (systematically ethyl ethanoate, commonly abbreviated EtOAc, ETAC or EA) is the organic compound with the formula CH3CO2CH2CH3, simplified...
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  • Retrieved 2022-08-08. "Naphtha hydrotreater - oil refinery - Naphtha hydrotreater". www.prelectronics.com. Retrieved 2022-06-16. "Naphtha Hydrotreating Unit"...
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    created in 1893 by Fels and Company. It originally included the ingredient naphtha, effective for cleaning laundry and urushiol, an oil contained in poison...
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    Coleman fuel, also generically sold as white gas, is a petroleum naphtha product marketed by the Coleman Company. Historically called white gas, it is...
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    The Naphtha Hill Decauville Railway was a 32.5 km (20.2 mi) long horse-drawn railway with a gauge of 500 mm (19+3⁄4 in), which was supplied by the French...
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    Methanol (redirect from Wood naphtha)
    Methylene hydrate, primary alcohol Pyroligneous spirit Wood alcohol Wood naphtha Wood spirit Identifiers CAS Number 67-56-1 Y 3D model (JSmol) Interactive...
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  • achieved in the 1990s through the construction of an ethylene-producing naphtha cracking plant and a coal-burning power plant. In Taiwan, FPG has also...
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    "Wind-Proof". Most early Zippos used naphtha as a fuel source. In the 1950s, there was a switch in the fuel of choice from naphtha to butane,[citation needed]...
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    distribution between about 8 and 16 (carbon atoms per molecule); wide-cut or naphtha-type jet fuel (including Jet B and JP-4), between about 5 and 15. Fuel...
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  • in the range 90‒140 °C (194–284 °F). The fraction is also called heavy naphtha. Ligroin is used as a laboratory solvent. Products under the name ligroin...
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    pressure well below atmospheric pressure. Naphtha hydrotreater unit: Uses hydrogen to desulfurize the naphtha fraction from the crude oil distillation...
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    counter-current extraction is commonly used so fresh naphtha first contacts wood leached in previous stages and naphtha laden with turpentine from previous stages...
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  • Pyrolysis gasoline or Pygas is a naphtha-range product with high aromatics content. It is a by-product of high temperature naphtha cracking during ethylene and...
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  • High flash point products such as crude oil, gasolines, blendstocks, and naphtha are stored in floating roof tanks. Low flash point substances such as kerosene...
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    like ethane and propane. Aromatics are produced by catalytic reforming of naphtha. Olefins and aromatics are the building-blocks for a wide range of materials...
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  • and LPG, while hydrocracking is a major source of jet fuel, diesel fuel, naphtha, and again yields LPG. Among several variants of thermal cracking methods...
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    but historians speculate it may have been made by combining pine resin, naphtha, quicklime, calcium phosphide, sulfur, or niter. Roman sailors would toss...
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    fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas and petroleum naphtha. Petrochemical feedstock like ethylene and propylene can also be produced...
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    commonly used. In this process, fresh naphtha first contacts wood leached in intermediate stages, and naphtha laden with rosin from intermediate stages...
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    by volume of wood naphtha or a substitute and 0.5 parts by volume of crude pyridine, and to the resulting mixture add mineral naphtha (petroleum oil) in...
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  • products obtained from the distillation process are light, medium, and heavy naphtha, kerosene, diesel, and oil residue. Crude oil must first be desalted, by...
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    Paraguay, the colloquial name nafta is derived from that of the chemical naphtha. Some languages, like French and Italian, use the respective words for...
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