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david niven | 11:21 Sun 29th Sep 2002 | How it Works
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What's the actual difference between diesel & petrol? Also is it true that diesel is non flamable as I've been told?
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about 0.3' cloth dipped in diesel will burn petrol it self will burn the gasses too i dont know if non flammable is the correct term theres inflamable flamable & non flam
13:56 Sun 29th Sep 2002
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Diesel is less combustible (i.e. flammable), therefore less hazardous if spilled. But it does burn in a diesel engine, where it's ignited by high pressure rather than a spark as in a petrol engine. They're both hydro-carbons, formed as the name suggests from hydrogen and carbon.
16:03 Sun 29th Sep 2002
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If i remember chemistry at school correctly then petrol and diesel are produced at different stages of the the refining process for crude oil. This gives them different properties as mentioned previously. I believe petrol(naptha fraction) is produced earlier in the process than diesel and as such it is less volatile (ie more likely to combust).
22:08 Sun 29th Sep 2002
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