Kerosene (disambiguation)
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Kerosene
is a type of fuel, it can also mean:
Kerosene
Kerosene, sometimes spelled kerosine in scientific and industrial usage, also known as paraffin or paraffin oil in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Ireland and South Africa, is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid. The name is derived from Greek keros...
is a type of fuel, it can also mean:
- power kerosene, see tractor vaporising oilTractor vaporising oilTractor vaporising oil is a fuel for internal combustion engines, produced from paraffin . In the United Kingdom and Australia, after the Second World War, it was commonly used for tractors until diesel engines became commonplace...
. - a lubricant, see mineral oilMineral oilA mineral oil is any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of alkanes in the C15 to C40 range from a non-vegetable source, particularly a distillate of petroleum....
. - Kerosene (band).
- a song by Bad ReligionBad ReligionBad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1979. Their current line-up consists of Greg Graffin , Brett Gurewitz , Jay Bentley , Greg Hetson , Brian Baker and Brooks Wackerman . Gurewitz is also the founder of the label Epitaph Records, which has released almost all of the...
. - a song by Big BlackBig BlackBig Black was an American punk rock band from Evanston, Illinois, active from 1981 to 1987. Founded by singer and guitarist Steve Albini, the band's initial lineup also included guitarist Santiago Durango and bassist Jeff Pezzati, both of Naked Raygun...
. - a song by The Bottle Rockets
- Kerosene (album)Kerosene (album)- Personnel :Musicians* Richard Bennett – guitar* Chad Cromwell – drums* Eric Darken – percussion* Natalie Hemby – background vocals* Joey Huffman – keyboards* Jay Joyce – guitar* Miranda Lambert – background vocals, lead vocals...
, the debut album of Miranda LambertMiranda LambertMiranda Lambert is an American country music artist who gained fame as a finalist on the 2003 season of Nashville Star, where she finished in third place and later signed to Epic Records. Lambert made her debut with the release of "Me and Charlie Talking", the first single from her 2005 debut...
. - "Kerosene" (song)Kerosene (song)"Kerosene" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country artist Miranda Lambert. It was released in September 2005 as the third single and title-track to her debut album Kerosene. It reached number 15 on the Hot Country Songs charts, becoming Lambert's first Top 20 country hit....
, the title track to this album - a novel written by Chris WoodingChris WoodingChris Wooding is a British writer born in Leicester, England and now living in London. His first book, Crashing, which he wrote at the age of nineteen, was published in 1998 when he was twenty-one...
See also
- Paraffin (disambiguation)Paraffin (disambiguation)Paraffin, in chemistry, is a term synonymous with alkane, this may also refer to:* Kerosene, a fuel* Tractor vaporising oil, a fuel* Liquid paraffin * Liquid paraffin * Paraffin wax* Petroleum jelly, In Music...
- Kerosene lampKerosene lampThe kerosene lamp is a type of lighting device that uses kerosene as a fuel. This article refers to kerosene lamps that have a wick and a tall glass chimney. Kerosene lanterns that have a wick and a glass globe are related to kerosene lamps and are included here as well...
- Pressurised-burner stoves
- NaphthaNaphthaNaphtha normally refers to a number of different flammable liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons, i.e., a component of natural gas condensate or a distillation product from petroleum, coal tar or peat boiling in a certain range and containing certain hydrocarbons. It is a broad term covering among the...