gasoline
refined petroleum liquid used primarily as fuel
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Summary
gasoline is a type of fuel[1]. gasoline draws 15,323 Wikipedia views per month (fuel category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: type of mixture of chemical entities[3]
- Subclass of: motor fuel[4], petroleum product[5], mixture[6]
- Commons category: Gasoline[7]
- Has part(s): oxygenate[8], aromatic compound[9]
- UN class: 3[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gasoline[11]
- Commons gallery: Gasoline[12]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13]
- Has effect: gasoline exposure[14]
- Has characteristic: Class IB flammable liquid[15]
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID: 0299[16]
- Density: 0.72 gram per cubic centimetre[17]
- Mass: 110 dalton[18]
- Boiling point: 102 degree Fahrenheit[19]
- Vapor pressure: 300 millimetre of mercury[20], 38 millimetre of mercury[21]
- Flash point: -45 degree Fahrenheit[22]
- History of topic: history of gasoline[23]
- Lower flammable limit: 1.4 volume percent[24]
- Upper flammable limit: 7.6 volume percent[25]
- Price: 0.21 current United States dollar per gallon[26], 0.20 current United States dollar per gallon[27], 2.38 current United States dollar per gallon[28], 2.30 US dollars[29]
- Ceiling exposure limit: 0 milligram per cubic metre[30]
- Subject has role: air pollutant[31], environmental carcinogens[32], occupational carcinogen[33]
- Associated hazard: gasoline exposure[34]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[35], WikiProject Climate change[36]
Why It Matters
gasoline has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] gasoline is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]