...gasoline made of?

Answer by jydfuyu
Submitted on 1/23/2005
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Answer by jamie b
Submitted on 5/11/2005
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Gasoline is extracted from crude by destructive distillation, more commonly called "cracking". Cracking is based on the fact that different materials boil (read "evaporate") at specific temperatures at specific pressures... At the lowest levels, gasses (such as "natural gas") are drawn off, condensed and stored. then come various alcohols, gasoline, and other volatiles. Then come light oils and other materials and the system progresses on through heavy oils and so on. In the end the distillation has left behind a mass of viscous black sludge. Now I don't know this for a fact, but I suspect that the sludge might be a prime ingredient in asphalt. Can anyone else enlighten me? As for the "ingredients" of gasoline, it's composed of the elements Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Carbon. This is what defines gasoline as a "hydrocarbon". Hydrocarbons are interesting and extremely common critters. Depending on how these 3 elements molecularise (bond together), you get everything from common sugar to gasoline. So gasoline isn't something you can whip up on your kitchen table by combining a little of this and some of that. It's an organic molecule. A molecule is the smallest single component of a pure material which contains all the characteristics of all the material. All molecules, in turn, are made up of various arrangements of atoms which have "bonded" together. Through various means, molecules can also be disassembled into their component atoms. Atoms are the simplest form of matter,and can't be broken down any further (according to Einstein'sgeneralrelativity). A collection of any given atom makes a material known as an "element". Notwithstanding the small impurities that occur in the simple smelting and founding of iron, a horseshoe, for instance, has no molecules. It's made entirely of iron atoms (Fe). Lead(Pb), aluminum(Al), copper(Cu)...all elements. Brass is a molecular contrivance made by the bonding of copper and tin atoms. However, Quantum Mechanics says.... ;-) Nope. Won't go there. I'm an old dog, an QM is a new trick. Besides, Einsteinian physics was good enough for my folks, and its good enough for me, here in the real world. :') But for you young whippersnappers out there who enjoy wondering about the how the world works, latch on to QM. It's an utterly fascinating and wondrous journey through the sub-atomic universe.....

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Question by viper
Submitted on 12/9/2003
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What is gasoline made of?

Answer by Wilmer
Submitted on 3/20/2004
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Refined crude petroleum

Answer by nik b
Submitted on 3/22/2004
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Answer by jbyrum
Submitted on 8/31/2004
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it is made of octane

Answer by boozer
Submitted on 10/17/2004
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its made or oil. dude.

Answer by JGMagoo
Submitted on 1/19/2005
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Read the attached article and you will have some idea.

Answer by jjhghjf
Submitted on 2/10/2005
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it's made by the ground.

Answer by rtrtrtrt
Submitted on 2/10/2005
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i think your stupid.

Answer by Sandra@Auto
Submitted on 4/26/2005
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nik b ur crazy, y r u talking about penis?

Answer by bob the builder
Submitted on 9/1/2005
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well i ate some bad mushrooms so u know it dont smell write

Answer by cooker
Submitted on 9/27/2005
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uhhh how about stfu

Answer by jhf
Submitted on 10/20/2005
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your both gay

Answer by anonymous
Submitted on 11/24/2005
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hydrocarbons

Answer by -
Submitted on 2/22/2006
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Cough, Nik B is gay Cough

Answer by poopoocaca
Submitted on 5/15/2006
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how do you make gas

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Answer by gasoline queen
Submitted on 1/16/2007
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wooo its not small, viper. more like nik BIG penis.