Ligroin

• Ligroin ( petroleum benzine, petroleum ether II)
• Gasoline ( Hydririn, petroleum ether II)
• Benzine, spot (s ) petrol, petrol Siedegrenz (s), weather lamp gasoline, lighter fluid, pure gasoline

Fossil

• From 0.670 to 0.700 kg / L ( ligroin )
• 0.655 to 0.670 kg / L ( gasoline )

About 75-85 RON

• 70-100 ° C ( ligroin )
• 25-70 ° C ( petroleum ether )

Risk

Gasolines are a blend of various hydrocarbons having from five to seven carbon atoms ( isopentane to ≈ toluene, boiling range 25 to 100 ° C).

Benzine, ligroin particular, has already been used since 1850 for dry-cleaning, so it was also known as benzine or spot ( s) referred to petrol. It was sold for this purpose in small amounts in drugstores, pharmacies or department stores.

In the development of gasoline, the mineral spirits took on an important role, as the surface carburettor used at the beginning of the 20th century were able to form the volatile mineral spirits ignitable mixtures. The earliest use of petrol in the car is the description of light gasoline in the patent to the Benz Patent Motor Car No. 1 of 1886 as " volatile oil ". This could be something more serious, particularly referred to therein, ligroin or something lighter gasoline.

Ligroin ( petroleum spirit or petroleum ether II, C6/C7-Kohlenwasserstoffe ) presented a pharmacist in Wiesloch 1888 available as Bertha Benz and her sons and a Benz patent motor car number 3 of her husband Carl Benz of Mannheim went to Pforzheim. Thus, the Wiesloch city pharmacy became the first gas station in the world.

Gasoline ( Hydririn or petroleum ether II, C5/C6-Kohlenwasserstoffe ) the mineral spirits contained in the crude oil or natural gas were called, that you started in late 19th century, among others, in the creation of the so-called air gas for lighting purposes in the so-called air gas appliances.

The term Gasoline for gasoline is still in many Spanish-speaking ( gasolina ) and English-speaking countries used (next to petrol ) and gas here frequently abbreviated. The light naphtha naphtha is known in English as benzine.