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Gasoline is not a simple chemical compound, it is a mixture of hundreds of different compounds. Most of the composition of gasoline consists of hydrocarbons, which are usually considered hazardous. Some of these hydrocarbons are: benzene,

(up to 5% by volume), toluene (up to 35% by volume), naphthalene

(up to 1% by volume), trimethylbenzene (up to 7% by

volume), MTBE (up to 18% by volume), and

about ten others.

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Gasoline is a mixture of compounds made primarily from carbon and hydrogen with a few sulfurs, oxygens, nitrogens and metals. These materials are arranged into various organic molecules (butane, propane, octane and so on) some containing as many as several hundred carbon atoms. The oxygens are present in any alcohols, ketones or aldehydes present in the mix. The sulfurs and metals are contained in the additive and detergent packages.

In addition to there being no defines "recipe" for gasoline, the makeup changes from batch to batch depending on the season, grade, and availability of hydrocarbon streams at the refinery, The primary consideration is performance and the gasoline is modified to meet criteria like octane rating as it is made.

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gasoline is made up of crude oil from the ground, which is then heated so it is separated into is gas hydrocarbons

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Gasoline is mostly hydrocarbons, made of hydrogen and carbon.

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Basically carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

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