Meaning and Definition of Gasoline

Definition of gasoline

Gasoline is a mixture of liquid, flammable and volatile hydrocarbons obtained after distillation of crude oil. Traditionally, it is used as fuel in combustion engines with ignition to conventional spark, or failing that, for compression and also as solvent.
The petrol you get it from the oil, in a special enclosure known as refinery; the refinery is an industrial plant which deals with refining of the oil from a special procedure allowing to obtain different fossil fuels to be used in engines of combustion such as: gasoline that occupies us, diesel, among others.
Normally, the gasoline it is obtained from gasoline of direct distillation, which is the lighter liquid fraction that has oil, gases, except clear is. Also, you can get by converting heavy petroleum fractions, such is the case of vacuum gasoil.
Meanwhile, turns out to be necessary that the gasoline product complies strictly with a series of conditions so that on the one hand the motor to operate satisfactorily and many others that have to do with environmental issues and that in the majority of countries are regulated from each nation's own laws.
The most characteristic indication is the octane rating; This indicates the pressure and temperature which may be submitted a Carbureted, or mixed with air, fuel before arriving at auto detonate when the auto ignition temperature is reached. Commercial gasolines are classified depending on their number of octanes.
Although when in Spanish-speaking countries discussed gasoline all know what you are referring, the term presents some variations according to the region, for example in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay it is known popularly as nafta and Chile such as benzine.