Nomenclature
Crude oil; mineral oil; rock oil; coal oil; seneca oil. Description and references
Consists of a mixture of hydrocarbons from
C2H6 and up—chiefly of the paraffins,
cycloparaffins, or of cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, with small amounts
of benzene hydrocarbons, sulfur, and oxygenated compounds. Occurrence: U.S., Mexico, Iran, Russia, Roumania, Poland, Dutch East Indies,
etc.
Properties
Dark yellow to brown or greenish-black, oily liquid.
Insol in water and only a small portion of it may dissolve in alcohol;
sol in benzene, chloroform, ether.Use
Source of gasoline, petr ether, liq and solid petrolatum,
fuel and lubricating oils, butane, isopropyl alcohol, etc.