2006-11-08 19:33:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Kerosene or paraffin oil is a colorless flammable hydrocarbon liquid primarily used today as a heating oil, as fuel in jet engines, and as a solvent for insecticide sprays.
The following are some of its uses in modern times:
>> Kerosene is now mainly used as a fuel for jet engines (more technically Avtur, Jet-A, Jet-A1, Jet-B, JP-4, JP-5 or JP-8).
>>Used as a fuel or fuel component for diesel and tractor engines, and rockets.
>>Used as a carrier in insect sprays.
>>Used as a cooking fuel to some portable stoves for backpackers and to less developed countries.
>>Used to remove lice from hair (unadvisable practice being painful and potentially very dangerous).
>>Used in portable stoves as a heating fuel ,sometimes used as a heat source during power failures. (Avoid use of portable kerosene heaters in indoor areas without a chimney due to the danger of buildup of carbon monoxide gas.
>>Used in Japan as a home heating fuel for portable and installed kerosene heaters.
>>Used by the Amish ( Christian denomination who limit use of electric appliances for religious reasons) for kerosene-powered versions of appliances such as refrigerators.
>>Used as a solvent for greases and insecticides.
>>Used in the entertainment industry, as a fuel for fire dancing.
>> Used to power kerosene space heaters built into kitchen ranges that kept many farm and fishing families warm and dry through the winter.
>>Some use it in car cleaning.
>>Used as a solvent for greases, floorwax and insecticides.
>>Some use it to replace paint thinners.
Kerosene have many uses this days but nevertheless, its use in kerosene lamps still exist and in use by few people.♥
2006-11-09 01:15:55 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You must be from the U.K. In the U.S. we don't refer to kerosene as paraffin oil. To us Yankees paraffin is the name given to artificial wax which is why one person answered that paraffin was used in canning. Today most of the highly refined kerosene is used as jet fuel.
2006-11-09 03:47:59 · answer #2 · answered by JimWV 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, kerosene is used in kerosene stoves and heaters, an inexpensive way for less fortunate people to cook and heat their homes.
Paraffin oil lights clean, bright flames. Aside from using it in stoves, a paraffin light can help remove odors from a room
2006-11-09 03:38:24 · answer #3 · answered by Chief BaggageSmasher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paraffin is used by home caners to seal their canned goods in glass jars. Some people still cook can and store garden vegis and fruits at home.
Kerosene (white gas?)is used for Coleman stoves and lanterns, also a major part of jet fuel.
2006-11-09 03:38:52 · answer #4 · answered by S E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JET FUEL
people used to use it in lamps and unvented stoves because it burns clean.
Today it is almost impossible to buy real kerosene they have some other stuff called K1
2006-11-09 03:46:20 · answer #5 · answered by jekin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Space heaters-kero is a common feul for warming everything from ice-fishing shacks to Tokyo condos. It's also know as "jet-fuel".
2006-11-09 03:41:00 · answer #6 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is used as a lubricator to reduce the friction between to surface.
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2006-11-09 03:42:51 · answer #7 · answered by vixklen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where I am it is refered to as "pitch oil" and it is used for cooking and it is added to diesel to reduce running costs.
2006-11-09 06:57:30 · answer #8 · answered by deflagrated 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋