Facts about gasoline (petrol)
- Gasoline is primarily used as a fuel in internal combustion engines.
- Gasoline is also used as a solvent, mainly known for its ability to dilute paints
- Commonwealth countries use the term petrol for gasoline.
- In the United States and Canada the substance is called gasoline (or "gas").
- The term "petrol" has been used in English to refer to raw petroleum since the 16th century.
- Gasoline floats on water.
- Gasoline or petrol is more volatile than diesel oil.
- Internal combustion engines are designed to burn gasoline in a controlled process called deflagration.
- Gasoline has no specific freezing point -- it freezes at any temperature between -180 and -240 degrees Fahrenheit. When gasoline freezes, it never solidifies totally, but resembles gum or wax.
