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Definition
: Naturally occurring complex liquid hydrocarbons which, after distillation, yield combustible fuels, petrochemicals, and lubricants.
See Also
Oil and Gas Fields
Examples
Fuel Oils
;
Gasoline
;
Kerosene
Other names
Crude Oil; Petroleums; Oils, Crude; Oil, Crude; Crude Oils
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
Drugs
*
larimsh
0
*Petroleum.
Proc West Pharmacol Soc 2007;50:143-51
JP-
8 fuel
0
*Hydrocarbons
Fossil Fuels
Petroleum.
J Toxicol Environ Health A 2001 Nov 9;64(5):385-415
testgasoline
0
*Hexanes
*Pentanes
Petroleum
Solvents.
J Urol 2000 Aug;164(2):451
clarified slurry oil
64741-62-4
*Carbazoles
*Polycyclic Compounds
Petroleum.
Toxicol Ind Health 1986;2(4):429
JP4 aviation fuel
0
*Hydrocarbons
Petroleum.
Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 1983;30(5):536
FLIT-
MLO
37223-73-7
*Hydrocarbons
Petroleum.
Environ Res 1983;30(2):381
Stoddard solvent
8052-41-3
*Hydrocarbons
Petroleum
Solvents.
Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 36(7):553;1976
iomex
57285-10-6
*Alkenes
Petroleum.
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 6(1):57;; Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 14(2):241;1975; Toxicology 7(1):57;1977
naphtha
8030-30-6
*Alkanes
Petroleum.
Ann Intern Med 90(5):794;1979; Gig Tr Prof Zabol 2:45;1979; J Occup Med 18(12):821;1976; Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 32:263;1975; Vrach Delo 10:112;1976