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I'd always wondered about the relationship between petroleum ether I used in the biochem lab and the petroleum naptha in the ChemE textbook. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 18:11, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
I'd always wondered about the relationship between petroleum ether I used in the biochem lab and the petroleum naptha in the ChemE textbook. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 18:11, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
:Howard, petroleum naphtha has many uses as a solvent other than being a catalytic reformer feedstock for producing high-octane gasoline. And it has a number of more-or-less synonyms, namely ''petroleum ether'', ''petroleum spirits'', ''mineral spirits'', ''paraffin'', ''benzine'', ''hexanes'', ''ligroin'', ''white oil'' or ''white gas'', ''painters naphtha'', ''refined solvent naphtha'' and ''Varnish makers' & painters' naphtha (VM&P)''. I say more-or-less synonyms because some of those naphtha solvents have slightly different boiling ranges and other characteristics than does the naphtha used  as a catalytic reformer feedstock. See [[Petroleum naphtha#Other_uses|here]]. Regards, [[User:Milton Beychok|Milton Beychok]] 19:20, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

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No article is ever perfect. I would appreciate any reviews, comments or constructive criticisms of this article. - Milton Beychok 23:27, 31 January 2008 (CST)

Thanks for a nagging clarification

I'd always wondered about the relationship between petroleum ether I used in the biochem lab and the petroleum naptha in the ChemE textbook. Howard C. Berkowitz 18:11, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Howard, petroleum naphtha has many uses as a solvent other than being a catalytic reformer feedstock for producing high-octane gasoline. And it has a number of more-or-less synonyms, namely petroleum ether, petroleum spirits, mineral spirits, paraffin, benzine, hexanes, ligroin, white oil or white gas, painters naphtha, refined solvent naphtha and Varnish makers' & painters' naphtha (VM&P). I say more-or-less synonyms because some of those naphtha solvents have slightly different boiling ranges and other characteristics than does the naphtha used as a catalytic reformer feedstock. See here. Regards, Milton Beychok 19:20, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
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