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The use of petrolium. Petrolium is a type of natural gas which is used in engines and sometimes used in energy mills. It's used a lot nowadays.

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Actually Petrolium has NO specific chemical symbol. Petrolium use in different case in diffrent types. In aircraft, petrolium use most commonly. In this type of usage; Petrolium use with more hydrogen and Nitrogen percentage. You can understand it when you know actually what is petrolium. Petrolium holds: Carbon= 83% - 87% Hydrogen= 10% - 14% Nitrogen= 0.1% - 2% Oxygen= 0.05% - 1.5% Sulfer= 0.05% - 6% Other individual metals or mixed chemicals= Less than 0.1% SUBTOTAL=100% This 100% substances are mixed togather and therefore it formed "PETROLIUM"; which is an organic compound. You can find more accurate information about petrolium at wikipedia website. Log on at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum


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