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- LPG is also used as fuel for automobiles & small furnaces and for cutting & welding of metals.
- Each ton of petroleum oil on distillation produces about 30−50 m3 of gas.
- The minimum temperature, at which a petroleum oil vapor catches fire and continues to burn, is called its flash point.
- Maximum yield of naphthalene is obtained on distillation of crude oil.
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The flash point of a fuel is the lowest temperature at which the fuel can be heated so that the vapor gives off flashes momentarily when an open flame is passed over it.
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