basskisser writes:

Any of the examples
that you've given can not possibly conclude that WD-40 is kerosene.

No. You seem to naively conclude that because the manufacturer (who
wishes to evoke a certain "secret formula" marketing image) employs
other terms than "kerosene" for a petroleum distillate, that the product
cannot not fall under the general meaning of "kerosene". Your earlier
error in capitalizing "kerosene" further implies that you have some
unscientific notion of just what kerosene is, mistakenly thinking that
it is some particular chemical compound with a brand name.

This sort of analysis requires some knowledge of organic chemistry,
which you apparently don't have, and which I am not going to teach you,
although I gave a reference to the material. You don't know what an
"aliphatic petroleum distillate" is, and therefore you don't know that
it means kerosene. You keep saying I haven't shown this, and you use
nothing but bald denials, which makes you a troll, that is, someone who
repeats nay-nay without engaging in a knowledgeable debate of the
technical questions. And if "kerosene" isn't a proper description, then
what type of petroleum distillate are you claiming is the right one,
because the MSDS list of ingredients points to nothing but kerosene-like
refinery products? Hmmm?

Look, WD-40 is a petroleum distillate. Just that, a blend of ordinary
hydrocarbon stuff found in any refinery, nothing secret or special or
proprietary. It has a weight (density) and boiling point. That weight
happens to correspond to the petroleum distillate generally called
kerosene, versus lighter fractions like naphtha or heavier fractions
like heating oil or machine oil. Now the CAS numbers and nomenclature
in the MSDS don't say "kerosene", because "kerosene" is a broad term
that doesn't have commercial specificity or a particular feedstock or
process connection, but mostly because the WD-40 people don't want you
to know you're paying $$$/gallon for something cheap, close to diesel
fuel, that they have refined and perfumed to not *smell* like kerosene.

The chemical industry loves to make various technical terms for the same
thing, to confuse the consumer. When it comes to petroleum products
this is facilitated by the fact that the same stuff comes out of widely
different industrial processes.

There are lots of examples of WD-40 type marketing of cheap petroleum
distillates. Three-in-1 oil is just cheap mineral oil with a certain
camphor-like perfume. Liquid Wrench is just kerosene, as is Kingsford
charcoal lighter fluid and Tiki torch lamp fuel and (with a pinch of
insecticide that doesn't work) Ortho wasp killer. Why does Home Depot
stock a half dozen brands and containers of stuff that is all the same?
Because people will pay a premium for a package that is application-
specific instead of generically descriptive, since they don't have to
think about it.

It's like you're denying your cup of espresso is nothing more than
coffee. Yes, it smells better and all, and there are a lot of cheaper
ways to buy coffee, and it is better to some tastes, but really, coffee
is all that went into it.