what sort of items or products are made of petroleum
2007-01-16 23:29:37 · 4 answers · asked by Derek H 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
WOW! Better to ask what ISN'T made fom petroleum! THink of any polymer you can think of, including a large portion of the materials in your computer!
Petroleum doesn' just convert to gas. Duing fractional distillation, you get everything from lowboiling solvents (such as benzene) to asphalt (wesentially the "trash" left over when all the "good stuff" boils of).
So, any material that is based directly on, extracted by or from ay type of "hydrocarbon" is directly or indirectly produced through the use of petroleum.
It aint just for inernal combustion anymore!
RC
2007-01-16 23:40:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plasticware, Petrol, LPG - Liquid Petroleum Gas
and many more
Here's a very informative list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_product
2007-01-17 07:38:36 · answer #2 · answered by trouble_seeker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vaseline - Petrolum Jelly
2007-01-17 07:37:42 · answer #3 · answered by JenniferD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most fuels and everything that is plastic.
2007-01-17 07:37:51 · answer #4 · answered by joecool123_us 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋