i spilled gasoline in the back of my car and i could not get out the smell for anything. how come things made with oil don't smell like gasoline? like plastic?
2006-10-06 21:06:57 · 5 answers · asked by anonymous 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Petrol is a Hydro Carbon. Vaseline is extracted from Crude Oil and is odorless. Some Perfumes are also Hydro Carbon based. Products you may be thinking of may not be Petrol based but Hydro Carbon based. Plastic, I think, is a polymer of a Hydro Carbon. Properties of a Hydro Carbon change after its molecules reconfigure to form another Hydro Carbon or its Polymer.
2006-10-06 21:22:05 · answer #1 · answered by MARS1951 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
gas is a by product of petroleum. if anything, the smell you encounter when filling up your vehicle with gas smells like oil.
kinda like diesel has its own smell... so does gas.
a petroleum based product wont smell like gas because that smell isnt gas...its petroleum(oil) in its root form.
2006-10-06 21:19:48 · answer #2 · answered by normal_cody 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mars answered the question perfectly... give him the best answer prize.
2006-10-06 22:19:07 · answer #3 · answered by Brooks B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darn good question!
2006-10-06 21:38:25 · answer #4 · answered by backinbowl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it has been refined soo much that the smell has dimished
or something like that..............
2006-10-06 21:11:09 · answer #5 · answered by beckdawgydawg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋