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petroleum

A mixture of liquid hydrocarbons found in the earth derived from deposition of plant & to a lesser extent animal tissue under reducing conditions (i.e. marine environment). Different forms of petroleum include: natural gas, gasoline, oil & tar.

Specific

petroleum ether petroleum tar

General

chemistry

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.