kérosène
- Domaine
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- pétrole et gaz naturelproduit pétrolier
- Dernière mise à jour
Définition :
Fraction pétrolière intermédiaire entre l'essence et le gasoil, dont le point d'ébullition est compris entre 150 et 300 °C.
Note :
Ce sont des produits qui se situent entre le pétrole lampant, et les essences, mais dont aucun n'est le pétrole lampant dont le pouvoir calorifique est trop faible.
Termes privilégiés :
- kérosène n. m.
- KER
Traductions
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anglais
Auteur : Office québécois de la langue française,Notes :
It is a free-flowing, oily liquid of higher viscosity than gasoline.
It was originally known as lamp oil because of its use as an illuminant, but this is very much a minor use nowadays, when kerosine finds its principal applications in domestic heating and fuelling jet aircraft.
It has the low flammable concentration in air of 0.7 to 5% and should be used with care. The term is derived from the Greek word for wax (the distillation end-product of paraffinic hydrocarbons).
The term kerosine is also often incorrectly applied to various fuel oils, but a fuel oil is actually any liquid or liquefiable petroleum product that produces heat when burned in a suitable container or that produces power when burned in an engine.Termes :
- kerosine
- kerosene
- paraffin Royaume-Uni
- carbon oil
[paraffin] Colloquial UK term for kerosine or burning oil.
[carbon oil] Term used in: Midland.
Terme associé :
- coal oil vieilli