kerosene
combustible hydrocarbon liquid
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Summary
kerosene is a Class II combustible liquid[1]. kerosene draws 10,479 Wikipedia views per month (class ii combustible liquid category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: type of fuel[3]
- Subclass of: liquid fuel[4], petroleum product[5], mixture[6]
- Part of: Leichtöl[7], petroleum[8]
- Has use: jet fuel[9], liquid fuel[10], diluent[11], solvent[12], lubricant[13], adhesive remover[14]
- Commons category: Kerosene[15]
- Has part(s): carbon[16], hydrocarbon[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kerosene[18]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography[21], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[22]
- Used by: kerosene lamp[23]
- Has effect: kerosene exposure[24]
- Different from: Kerosene[25]
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID: 0366[26]
- Density: 0.81[27]
- Mass: 170[28]
- Melting point: -50[29]
- Boiling point: 617[30], 347[31]
- Vapor pressure: 5[32]
- Flash point: 162[33], 28[34]
- Autoignition temperature: 220[35]
- Lower flammable limit: 0.7[36]
- Upper flammable limit: 5[37]
- Time-weighted average exposure limit: 100[38]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000551[39]
- Associated hazard: kerosene exposure[40]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[41]
Why It Matters
kerosene has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] kerosene is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]