What is the chemical formula of kerosene?

Answer 1

Kerosene is not a single compound, but rather a mixture of hydrocarbons containing between about 12 and 15 carbon atoms.

When crude oil is distilled, it is split into fractions according to boiling point. The lightest ones (up to 4 carbons) are gases. The lighter liquids (5 - 7 carbons or so) are used industrially as solvents, and the range between that and kerosene is more or less gasoline. Above kerosene (>15 carbons) are oils, after that the waxes, etc. etc.

Anyway, kerosene is a medium-weight mix of hydrocarbons

Answer 2

C12h26

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That is just one of a whole lot of hydrocarbons in kerosene (and even at that, it is incorrect because, in chemistry, capital letters do matter). Kerosene is not a compound but a mixture of many hydrocarbons as well as smaller quantities of other chemicals and so does not have a chemical formula.

Answer 3

It actually is a mixture of Alkanes (CvH2v+2) reaching from 12 to 15.

Answer 4

Kerosene is the liquid form of a combustible hydrocarbon mixture. The carbon chains are usually a mix of hexane to decahexane, which means there is no set chemical formula.

Answer 5

Kerosene is a mixture of various hydrocarbons, so its correct formula cannot be isolated

Answer 6

from C12H26 to C15H32

Answer 7

michelle budoy

Answer 8

123

Answer 9

C12h2g