Gasoline

:Petrol (petroleum spirit) redirects here. For the seabird, see petrel, spelt with an 'e'.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Gasoline, as it is known in North America, or petrol (abbreviated from petroleum spirit), in many Commonwealth countries (sometimes also called motor spirit) is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. The term gasoline is commonly used within the oil industry, even within companies that are not American. The word "gasoline" is commonly shortened in colloquial usage to "gas". The term mogas, short for motor gasoline, for use in cars is used to distinguish it from avgas, aviation gasoline used in (light) aircraft. This should be distinguished in usage from genuinely gaseous fuels used in internal combustion engines such as LPG.

Related Topics:
North America - Commonwealth countries - Petroleum - Liquid - Hydrocarbon - Fuel - Internal combustion engine - Colloquial - Avgas - Aircraft - Gaseous - LPG

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~