What is the chemical symbol for oil?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

If by "symbol" you mean to say "abbreviation" and by "element" you are referring to the Periodic Table of elements, I should preface this response by saying that there is no atomic element on the periodic table called "oil." Therefore, it is impossible to tell you what the abbreviated name would be (as I can say the abbreviated name for Iron is "Fe" because it appears on the periodic table as such).

Furthermore, "oil" can refer to a multitude of different compounds. I feel like you are most likely referring to Petroleum, or "fossil fuels." However, Petroleum is not an atomic element either. Petroleum is a crude, complex mixture of naturally occurring hydro-carbons and other organic molecular compounds. Therefore, it cannot be represented with one "symbol" on the periodic table, as it is not a single atom but many atoms, mostly that of hydrogen and carbon.

However, any compound described as oil is generally a lipid-based compound that is uniquely capable of being liquid at room temperature (where as other lipids, like waxes and lards, are solid at room temperature and must be melted to achieve a liquid form). Unfortunately, there are too many different lipid compounds of this type, which we call oils, for me to deduce which one is the subject of inquiry here.

If by asking what the "symbol" for oil was, you meant to ask whether there is a universal "picture" for oil, as a "skull and crossed bones" is the universal symbol/picture for poison, then as to what a similar symbolic picture for oil might be, I have been at a loss to find one that is universal. Clip-art in the symbol of a Pumpjack came up most often in my internet search for pictures of oil. Perhaps that could be considered a consistently universal picture, or symbol, for oil -- if you are referring to Petroleum oil, that is.

Answer 3

The chemical symbol for oil is not a single one, as oil is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons. However, some common elements found in oil include carbon (C) and hydrogen (H), so you may see chemical formulas like C10H22 for certain hydrocarbons found in oil.

Answer 4

I don't really think that there is a symbol for oil.....

Answer 5

There is no symbol for oil on the periodic table. Oil is not an element, it's a mixture

Answer 6

Oil is a mixture, not a chemical compound.