Kerosene, also known as fire oil, fire water, is a mixture of hydrocarbons obtained by the fractionation of petroleum.

Kerosene is a high-boiling hydrocarbon mixture of carbon atoms C11-C17. The main component is saturated hydrocarbons, but also contains unsaturated hydrocarbons and aromatic hydrocarbons.

Mainly used for lighting and all kinds of blowtorch, gas lamp, vaporizer and kerosene stove fuel; It can also be used as detergent for mechanical parts, solvents for rubber and pharmaceutical industries, ink thinners, cracking raw materials for organic chemicals; Glass and ceramic industry, aluminum plate rolling, metal workpiece surface chemical heat treatment and other process oil; Some kerosene is also used to make thermometers. According to the use can be divided into power kerosene, lighting kerosene and so on.