Any of a wide variety of aliphatic or aromatic liquid hydrocarbon mixtures distilled from petroleum or coal tar, especially as used in solvents or petrol
The Common Room and the Library were lit by anbaric light, but the Scholars preferred the older, softer naphtha lamps in the Retiring Room.
a light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints
an aliphatic low KB hydrocarbon solvent; any of several volatile hydrocarbon liquids derived chiefly from coal tar, used as a solvent
Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0
any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents
{i} inflammable substance at the intermediate stage between gasoline and benzine; kerosene; petroleum
One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as, Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal (obtained at Boghead, Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc
A petroleum distillate, from the same "middle distillates" as kerosene and "mineral spirits", but is somewhat more volatile than kerosene Naphtha is the "first cut", coming off in fractional distillation BEFORE Kerosene Today used as a solvent, and paint thinner (not recommended as such!) Has been sold in a blended form by Coleman as "white gas" or "Coleman Fuel" for years A generally safe substitute for automotive gasoline in lamps DESIGNED to burn gasoline, but a bit too volatile for safe use in kerosene lamps Commercial Naphtha contains approximately 50 to 52% "paraffins", and about 48% "napthenes", NO sulphur, a very low "aromatics", and has a "mild" odor Technically: Specific Gravity 0 7775 to 0 804; Initial Distillation Point: 350 deg F minimum; Final Distillation ("Dry Point"): 415 deg F maximum; flash point: 142 deg F
A generic term applied to a petroleum fraction with an approximate boiling range between 122 and 400 degrees Fahrenheit
Any low boiling refinery stream Gasoline is made by blending several virgin and treated naphthas
Straight-run gasoline fractions Used as a feedstock for reforming and as a petrochemical feedstock
Any of various volatile often flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures used chiefly as solvents and dilutents
[ 'naf-th&, ÷'nap- ] (noun.) 1572. From Latin naphtha, from Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha), from Middle Persian/Old Persian naft . Compare Persian نفت (naft). The Greek etymology is reflected in the spelling – ‘ph’ and ‘th’ (from ‘φ’ and ‘θ’).