Naphtha

Naphtha is a flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture. Generally, it is a fraction of crude oil, but it can also be produced from natural-gas condensates, petroleum distillates, and the fractional distillation of coal tar and peat.

Naphtha, any of various volatile, highly flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures used chiefly as solvents and diluents and as raw materials for conversion to gasoline. Naphtha was the name originally applied to the more volatile kinds of petroleum issuing from the ground in the Baku district of Azerbaijan and Iran.

Naphtha is a flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture. It is typically derived from crude oil but can also be produced from natural-gas condensates, petroleum distillates, and the fractional distillation of coal tar and peat. Naphtha is used in various industries, including as a feedstock for producing high-octane gasoline, in petrochemical processes to produce ethylene and propylene, and as a solvent in the chemical industry.