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Naphtha vs Toluene - What's the difference?

naphtha | toluene |

As nouns the difference between naphtha and toluene

is that naphtha is naturally-occurring liquid petroleum while toluene is a colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH3.C6H5, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds.

naphtha

Noun

  • (dated) Naturally-occurring liquid petroleum.
  • Any of a wide variety of aliphatic or aromatic liquid hydrocarbon mixtures distilled from petroleum or coal tar, especially as used in solvents or petrol.
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  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
  • * 1995 , Philip Pullman, Northern Lights :
  • The Common Room and the Library were lit by anbaric light, but the Scholars preferred the older, softer naphtha lamps in the Retiring Room.

    Derived terms

    * napalm * naphthalenide * naphthalide * naphthalimide * naphthene * naphthenic

    toluene

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic compound) A colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH3.C6H5, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds.
  • Synonyms

    * methylbenzene * phenylmethane