Why is Petrol considered a mixture?

Petroleum is a mixture of a very large number of different types of hydrocarbons; the most commonly found molecules are alkanes (paraffin), cycloalkanes (naphthenes), aromatic hydrocarbons, or more complicated chemicals like asphaltenes.

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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