What is Kerosene?
[[File:Kerosene bottle.jpg|right|thumb|A bottle of kerosene]] '''Kerosene''' or '''paraffin oil''' is a [[colour]]less [[flammable]] [[liquid]], usually used for [[fuel]]. Kerosene is made by [[fractional distillation]] of [[petroleum]]. It may be used as fuel for [[lamp]]s, in some kinds of cooking [[stove]]s and [[heating|heater]]s, and there are even kerosene [[refrigerator]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lam|first=Nicholas|last2=Smith|first2=Kirk|last3=Gauthier|first3=Alison|last4=Bates|first4=Michael|date=May 25, 2013|title=KEROSENE: A REVIEW OF HOUSEHOLD USES AND THEIR HAZARDS IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3664014/#:~:text=Cooking%2C%20lighting%2C%20and%20heating%20are,countries%2C%20mainly%20because%20of%20cost.|website=US National Library of Medicine}}</ref> Kerosene is mainly used in the fuel for [[jet engine]]s. The most common consumer use for kerosene in Canada and the US is lighting camp lamps. Kerosene is used as cooking fuel in some places, such as [[South Asia]]. Kerosene is also used to store [[sodium]] and other [[alkali metal]]s. ==References== {{reflist}} {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Fossil fuels]]