Richard J Kinch wrote:
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?

Easy, Stoddard Solvent and Synthetic Paraffinic Hydrocarbons, not even
very closely related to kerosene.

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.

You've not given one iota of evidence that you know, or even have some
written evidence of what exactly is in WD-40, period. You are
speculating, and that isn't the mark of a scientist. If one was to take
everything you've said here lock, stock and barrel, they'd have to come
to the conclusion that you think that everything that is derived from
crude oil is exactly the same. That's not even remotely true.

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.


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.

So you are again trying to say that anything derived from hydrocarbons
is exactly the same.