Kerosene

Kerosene or paraffin iscolourless, thin, flammable liquid. A hydrocarbon mix, itobtained fromfractional distillationoil at 150°C275°C (the C₁₂C₁₅ range). At one timewas widely usedlamps butnow mainly used asfueljet engines. Its usecooking fuelmostly restrictedless developed countries, where itusually less refinedcontains impuritieseven debris. Jet engine fuel, also called avtur,supposedbe high-grade kerosene that produces less smoke.

Kerosenealso usedvarious typeslamp: see kerosene lamp.

Abraham Pineo Gesner (1797-1864) namedin 1854 fromGreek word keros (wax).

Itcalled kerosene inUnited StatesAustralia,paraffin inUnited Kingdom. Italso sometimes called kerosine or coal oil.