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[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 65 points 2 days ago (13 children)

Naphtha and benzene are actually different chemicals, though...

Yea yea I know they're all hydrocarbons but it's still funny.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

AfaIk, Naphta is just a relatively light fraction of crude oil, i.e. a mixture of different chemicals, not gaseous, but partly volatile.

In Germany, fuel (Ottokraftstoff) is called Benzin, and was originally a mixture of 60 % Benzin (Naphta, alkanes and cyclic alkanes) and 40 % Benzene (Benzol).

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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