Talk:Petroleum ether

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The five edits are because the redirect didn't seem to be working for me... I think it was because another tab was conflicting with it. Slavakion 04:28, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Naptha

How is PE different from naptha? Naptha article says it _is_ PE. Shouldn't they be merged?Alvis (talk) 08:33, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Merge

I suggest merging with Gasoline , they are effectively the same substance only one name when its being used as an organic solvent and the other as a fuel. This is mentioned in the Gasoline article. Whmice (talk) 10:04, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

re: Merge

Benzene(not -ine), toluene, ethylbenzene, and pm-Xylene found in gasoline are not constituents of lab grade 60-80C Petroleum ether. Pet ether is the fraction collected just before gasoline, with minor overlap. Gas also contains other additives (such as MtBE) and occasionally ethanol. The article is vague and apparently the "gas" article begs correction as well. The two should not be merged. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.251.214.233 (talk) 19:18, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Petroleum spirit

Petroleum spirit redirects here. It should not, for in British English, petroleum spirit is the long form of petrol (ie Gasoline); the term petroleum spirit is seen in more 'formal' contexts, for example warning notices at petrol stations. An example of this usage is at http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/business/trading/information/safety/safetyadvice.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.194.66.92 (talk) 21:01, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

The text says "Thus, from the leading international laboratory chemical suppliers it is possible to buy various petroleum ethers with boiling ranges such as 30-50 °C, 40-60 °C, 50-70 °C, 60-80 °C, etc. In the United States, laboratory grade aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents with boiling ranges as high as 100-140 °C may be called petroleum ether, rather than petroleum spirit.". This should most probably be the other way round, the more high boiling fractions are called petroleum spririt rather than petroleum ether. If petroleum ether is 35-60 °C and petroleum spirit is 100-140 °C (despite the fact that ethanol boils around 79 °C) what would the 60-100 °C fraction be called?150.227.15.253 (talk) 11:47, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Molar mass

I was reading this article to find information och carbon chain length in this produkt, but there is none, can somebody please provide it?

The molar mass 82.2 g/mol suggests dominance by C6 (C6H14 molar mass 86) and C5 (C5H12 72), but, seriously, a mixture like should be described by a molar mass range in particular since there are different bp interval corresponding to different mixtures. If an average is given this should be clearly stated together with a specification (e.g. bp range) of which product it applies to. 150.227.15.253 (talk) 11:59, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

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