- Petrol and gasoline are synonymous. The term ‘petrol’ is used in the UK, while ‘gasoline’ or ‘gas for short’ is used in the US.
- The hydrocarbons present in gasoline include alkanes, or straight-chain C4 to C12 compounds also known as paraffins, isoparaffins, or branched-chain compounds of the same size; alkenes, or olefins, which are unsaturated linear and branched-chain hydrocarbons; and naphthenics, or saturated cyclic hydrocarbons. Also included in the gasoline are aromatic compounds (principally benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene).
- Many of the toxicological effects associated with exposure to gasoline can be . . .
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