ACtually, you cant call it white,cauze white is not a color.You can refer the color petroleum as trensparent or see through.
It is the ASTM method D156 that used for the colour measurement of petroleum products.
Petroleum is known as "Black Gold", cause it's Black and it's worth a lot and is indispensable for the human civilization !
If one is wondering why petroleum is black, it is because it is an oil found deep under the earth. Oil is usually dark brown or black in color. Petroleum is the name for both the unrefined oil directly from the earth, and the oil that has been processed in factories.
Petroleum is a liquid.
You don't crack Petroleum. Petroleum is one of the distillates of cracking crude oil.
It is the ASTM method D156 that used for the colour measurement of petroleum products.
Petroleum is known as "Black Gold", cause it's Black and it's worth a lot and is indispensable for the human civilization !
If one is wondering why petroleum is black, it is because it is an oil found deep under the earth. Oil is usually dark brown or black in color. Petroleum is the name for both the unrefined oil directly from the earth, and the oil that has been processed in factories.
It is a synthetic dye made using petroleum based aromatic hydrocarbons
Tar is obtained from liquid petroleum. Tar is used as a hot liquid covering under gravel to build roads. Note: Asphalt is made from bituminous coal pitch, mixed with sand or gravel. The black color comes from coal pitch, not from petroleum, as does tar.
petroleum refining is petroleum refining
Something that contains no petroleum is petroleum-free.
Petroleum is a liquid.
Crayons are made of highly steamed petroleum and broiled wax.
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