2007-07-19 12:44:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Gasoline is a slang term for petrol. It was coined in 1865 by combing the ward gas with the suffix -ene.
2007-07-19 12:50:32 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, because gas for petrol is slang - fuel, gasoline. It is a liquid.
Where as air actually is a gas, a state where the molecules are highly active.
2007-07-19 19:54:39 · answer #2 · answered by irishkittie79 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Petrol is a liquid, it vaporises to form a gas when it undergoes high pressures and contacts the spark plugs in the engine.
Air is a mixture of gases.
2007-07-19 19:52:09 · answer #3 · answered by Tsumego 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Petrol is Liquid... Gas is the "loose" term
2007-07-19 19:46:39 · answer #4 · answered by Brandonn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Petrol is not a gas, it's gasoline, a liquid.
2007-07-19 19:47:37 · answer #5 · answered by Joseph F 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Petrol is not a gas. It's a liquid. Don't quibble over semantics.
2007-07-19 19:53:54 · answer #6 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Air is a mixture of gases.
Petrol is not a gas until it vaporises.
Petrol is called 'Gas' by some people...Short for 'Gasoline'.
(Plane is short for Airplane is short for Aeroplane and Beckham is using 'gas' now).
2007-07-19 19:54:59 · answer #7 · answered by Norrie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in this context, yes, but in reality, no. petrol=gasOLINE, a liquid. petrol is not a gas substance. air is.
2007-07-19 19:52:20 · answer #8 · answered by n 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, you bring to mind a related question:
What weighs more, a gallon of petrol or a gallon of gasoline?
2007-07-19 20:13:55 · answer #9 · answered by Charley M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Petroleum(gas) is short for gasoline. Just like plane is short for airplane.
2007-07-19 19:49:40 · answer #10 · answered by Haywood Jablomee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋