[Stoves] BASIC WORLD INFO // PARAFIN

[Harmon Seaver]

On 7/5/06, Frans Peeters <peetersfrans at pandora.be> wrote:
> Dear stovers in the wide WORLD ,
>
> For me European , PARAFIN is C30 H62 ! Americans call it WAX I think .
> For me  C12 H26 is KEROSIN or PETROL or PETROLEUM and the Americans call
> this PARAFIN .

   No, we call it kerosene, we call wax paraffin.


> For me   C7 H16  is BENZIN  or NAFTA and for the Americans it is PETROL

    We don't call anything petrol. That's gasoline.

> I think .
> For me  C 14 H 30 about is DIEZEL or MAZOUT and in America it is FUEL
> OIL I think .
>

    That's diesel fuel. Or fuel oil if it's used for heating.


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Harmon Seaver