Hi all,
we don't all live in the USA, so using the brand names is difficult for us when we go to a shop in lets say Mexico.
So what is Naphata, and for our purpose is it same as benzine? In Wikipedia it doesn't say so:
Petroleum ether, despite its synonym of benzine, should not be confused with benzene or benzyne, nor should it be confused with gasoline although many languages call that with a name derived from benzine, e.g. "Benzin" (German), "benzine" (Dutch) or "benzina" (Italian). Petroleum ether is a mixture of alkanes, e.g., pentane, hexane, and heptane, whereas benzene is a cyclic, aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H6. Likewise, petroleum ether should not be confused with the class of organic compounds called ethers, which contain the R-O-R' functional group.
in other words Wikipedia distinguishes Naphta and Benzene as totally different things.
In Mexico I have a product "Gasolina blanca", should I use it as Naphta?
thank you
Jox
ps. I recommend using chemical formula when presenting tecs: like NaOH instead of lye. It is much easer this way. And on wiki we should have a list of all of those, even the simple ones as alcohol, so interntionaly it would be easier to find the solvent.
we don't all live in the USA, so using the brand names is difficult for us when we go to a shop in lets say Mexico.
So what is Naphata, and for our purpose is it same as benzine? In Wikipedia it doesn't say so:
Petroleum ether, despite its synonym of benzine, should not be confused with benzene or benzyne, nor should it be confused with gasoline although many languages call that with a name derived from benzine, e.g. "Benzin" (German), "benzine" (Dutch) or "benzina" (Italian). Petroleum ether is a mixture of alkanes, e.g., pentane, hexane, and heptane, whereas benzene is a cyclic, aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H6. Likewise, petroleum ether should not be confused with the class of organic compounds called ethers, which contain the R-O-R' functional group.
in other words Wikipedia distinguishes Naphta and Benzene as totally different things.
In Mexico I have a product "Gasolina blanca", should I use it as Naphta?
thank you
Jox
ps. I recommend using chemical formula when presenting tecs: like NaOH instead of lye. It is much easer this way. And on wiki we should have a list of all of those, even the simple ones as alcohol, so interntionaly it would be easier to find the solvent.
