Gasoline is made from crude oil through a process called fractional distillation where different carbons separate at different temperatures in a refinery. Crude oil comes from organic material burned under great pressure and heat to form oil, which has properties like density and viscosity and comes in 5 primary types. While gasoline powers most cars, it is also flammable and produces dangerous fumes, and oil spills contaminate seafood and endanger wildlife. The current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been leaking over 5,000 barrels per day for a month.

1. Chemistry In The Real World Gasoline By Andrew Ertel

2. Gasoline Uses Used to fuel almost every car on the road. Before being used to fuel cars, it was used to remove lice from hair.

3. Gasoline’s Journey

4. Gas Chemical Formula Gas does not have a specific chemical formula, but an average chemical formula for it is C8H18.

5. How Gas Is Made Gas is made from crude oil. The crude oil is heated through a process called “Fractional Distillation”, where the different carbons separate. This process creates about 250 mL of straight gas per each liter of crude oil. This process is done in a refinery.

6. Oil Oil is a hydrocarbon derived from organic material typically from seas and lakes burned under great pressure and heat. Oil has 3 main properties: Density, Viscosity, and Solubility. There are 5 primary types

7. Gasoline Fun Facts The United States produces 6.5 million barrels of oil a day. In the United States we use about 400 million gallons of gas a day.

8. Dangers of Gasoline Oil Spills Flammability Fumes

9. Current Oil Spill The rig is currently spilling greater than 5,000 barrels per day. It has been leaking for more than a month. The Oil will contaminate any seafood from the gulf, and also has put many animals lives in danger that live in the gulf .

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