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Why are wood petrol kerosene and oil are used as common fuel?
Readily available, inexpensive, transportable, and high energy density.
Can chloroplast increase in size?
Yes they can increase. They are increasing in their life time.
What odor have kerosene?
The odor of kerosene is "aromatic".
Which burns slower kerosene or gasoline?
Kerosene
Is Kerosene natural gas?
No, kerosene is a liquid
Why does a rubber band increase in size when placed in kerosene?
The rubber band increased in size when you soak it in kerosene because it absorbed the kerosene. The kerosene has a higher concentration than the rubber band so the diffusion is going inside.
Which has higher ignition temperature kerosene oil or wood?
kerosene
Why does a block of wood increase in size when placed in water?
because the wood absorbs the water and its size increases the water enters the wood through small pores
Why does kerosene oil catch fire faster than wood?
This is because the specific heat capacity of the wood is more than the kerosene oil. So, the wood takes time to burn but burns for longer period than the kerosene oil.
Why do you need to burn kerosene oil to burn wood?
Kerosene is not needed to burn wood. If you use a layer of scrunched up newspaper, some small kindling on top of the paper, and progressively larger pieces of wood as the fire is starting, no kerosene or other product is necessary if the wood is seasoned and dry.
Why is kerosene used to burn logs of wood?
Large chunks of wood are difficult to start burning. Kerosene OTOH lights up easily. So a splash of kerosene is a simple way - but a bit dangerous - to get a fire going.
Which one has got higher ignition temperature wood or kerosene?
kerosene has got higher ignition temperature.
Which is not a type of fuel wood the sun kerosene or coal?
The Sun
Why do you have to use paper are kerosene oil to start fire in wood or coal?
It is difficult to ignite wood or coal using a lit match. The match would burn down and singe your fingers long before the wood or coal would light. Using kindling of dry wood shaving, or thin twigs and dry grass, or paper (with or without kerosene), will ignite with one match and burn long enough to light a fire of wood or coal.
Did jesus make a piece of wood get longer?
There is no report in the bible that Jesus did ever increase the size of any type of wood longer or he ever make it shorter either.
Do heaters increase humidity?
Older style kerosene heaters do increase humidity. Electric heaters do not - they tend to reduce humidity.
Give two reason why cooking gas is considered to be a better fuel than kerosene oil or wood?
Because it is easier to obtain complete combustion of gas, producing nothing but CO2 & H2O, 1) safe biproducts, and 2) the maiximum amount of heat, whereas burning kerosene and wood often produce incomplete combustion leaving soot and carbon monoxide.
