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Q: Is kerosene and mineral spirits close to the same?
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Paint thinner, varsol, and mineral spirits are essentially the same. There are slight differences in the chemistry, but they are functionally equivalent.


Does WD-40 contain fish oil?

Main ingredients, from the material safety data sheet, are: * 50%: Stoddard solvent (mineral spirits, somewhat similar to, but not the same as, kerosene) * 25%: Liquefied petroleum gas (presumably as a propellant, carbon dioxide is used now to reduce considerable flammability) * 15+%: Mineral oil (light lubricating oil) * 10-%: Inert ingredients No Fish oil in WD-40... Main ingredients, from the material safety data sheet, are: * 50%: Stoddard solvent (mineral spirits, somewhat similar to, but not the same as, kerosene) * 25%: Liquefied petroleum gas (presumably as a propellant, carbon dioxide is used now to reduce considerable flammability) * 15+%: Mineral oil (light lubricating oil) * 10-%: Inert ingredients


Is mineral oil the same as mineral turpentine?

No. Because of the confusion between turpentine, mineral turpentine, mineral spirits and mineral oil, I have included links to all of these substances. All of the above except mineral oil are toxic if one drinks them. Turpentine is the only one that is not a petroleum distillate. Mineral oil as sold in a pharmacy is for constipation and to be used as directed. See related links.


How do you remove road tar from bottom of a tire?

I just had the same problem. I used mineral spirits on an old cloth and a putty knife to scrape off the tar. It worked great! The tar will dissolve with the mineral spirits.


Is mineral spirits the same as turpentine?

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Which color has the greatest speed in kerosene?

All colors have same speed in a transparent medium or kerosene


A piece of ice is dropped in a beaker containing kerosene when ice melts level of kerosene will?

As kerosene is less dense than water so level of kerosene will fall


Can diesel or biodiesel be used in kerosene space heaters?

Yes! Diesel, kerosene and gasoline are really the same thing except that they have different octanes. Diesel is the lowest refined gas then kerosene then your different octanes of gas. So, to make the octane the same as kerosene you simply mix the right amount of gas with diesel and voila, you have kerosene. I think u can use a lower octane than kerosene but NEVER put anything of a higher octane than kerosene! Yes! Diesel, kerosene and gasoline are really the same thing except that they have different octanes. Diesel is the lowest refined gas then kerosene then your different octanes of gas. So, to make the octane the same as kerosene you simply mix the right amount of gas with diesel and voila, you have kerosene. I think u can use a lower octane than kerosene but NEVER put anything of a higher octane than kerosene!


Is K1 kerosene the same as 1 heating oil and can K1 be used in a heating oil stove?

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Is white kerosene the same as lighter fluid?

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Is the cleavage for a mineral always the same for that mineral?

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Is the cleavage for a mineral is always the same for that mineral?

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