International Fuel Names
This document contains:
> Translations for the names of fuels commonly used in backpacking stoves and lanterns.
> Information about the availability of fuels in various countries.
I would like to thank the original writer and editor of the list Mike Buckler on letting me continue his work and keep this list updated
Version: 72 - August 2017
Current Editor: doron.papo@papo-art.com.fuel
Original Editor and Writer: mbuckler@opera.iinet.net.au.fuel till March 2006
New: N/A
Updated: Czech Republic (Czechia)
Note: Anti-spam measure - remove the ".fuel" from the end of all email addresses.
> Editors Note: "white spirit / white gas" Confusion.
> Benzine and Benzene Confusion
> Alphabetical Listing of Notes for Various Countries
> This document is designed to help you find the right fuel for your stove lantern or lamp.
>
The countries are ordered alphabetically except for the
> Abbreviated fuel names are put in quotation marks e.g. methylated spirits is also known as "meths".
> Alternative brand names are sometimes placed inside brackets.
> The following list contains data for over 60 countries.
I would like to expand the list to cover the rest of the world. Hope you can help. Info needed for all locations not on the list, lots of other places.
Perhaps people could post translations of this document to non English speaking networks.
Note: With the exception of Coleman fuel, all commonly available fuels from petrol stations and supermarkets are blended mixtures that vary in composition depending on the brand, the country and even the time of year (winter/summer). Fuels listed in columns 1 - 3 are petroleum based. Fuels in column 4 are alcohol based.
Column 1
Decane (mostly). Kerosene/diesel is a crude cut from oil refineries, boiling point range is approximately 180° to 280° C. May have pink or blue color added (U.K.).
Column 2
Pentane, Hexane. The same as for column 1, but a boiling point range of 25° to 200° C. Slight yellow color. May also contain up to 20% ethanol ("ethanol blended fuel").
Column 3
60% Hexane + 40% Heptane? Usually colorless?
Column 4
95% Ethanol + 5% Methanol approx. Usually has purple colour and bad taste added. May also contain propanol and water.
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Country |
Fuel |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Kerosene |
Gasoline "Gas" |
White Gas Naphtha Coleman Fuel Blazo |
Denatured Alcohol Solvent Alcohol |
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Paraffin |
Petrol |
Coleman Fuel |
Methylated Spirit "Meths" |
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Argentina ( |
Kerosene |
Nafta |
solvente bencina |
alcohol alcohol puro alcohol de quemar |
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Kerosene "Kero" |
Petrol |
Shellite White gas Mobilite |
methylated spirits "Meths" "Metho" |
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Petroleum |
Benzin Bleifrei |
Reinigungsbenzin Waschbenzin White gas Kocherbenzin Reinbenzin Fleckbenzin |
Brennspiritus Spiritus |
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Petroleum |
loodvrije benzine |
Wasbenzine |
brandalkohol brandspiritus |
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Kerosene |
Gasolina |
??? |
Alcohol puro |
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парафин (parafin) керосин (kerosin) |
бензин (benzin) Bessoloffo benzin - без олово бензин |
ekstraktsionen benzin |
Spirt |
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Minyak Tanah AVTUR |
Benzine |
??? |
Spiritos |
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meiyou Huo shui ? |
qi you |
Qu Zi You (去漬油) |
Jiu Jing |
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Petrolej petrolej na svícení |
Benzin |
Technicky benzin |
Denaturovany lih Denaturovany alkohol |
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Petroleum |
auto benzin |
rensebenzin |
Ethanol (100 %) Sprit Husholdnings sprit |
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al-kayruseen zayt al-barafeen zayt al-kaaz |
WAKOUD BENZEEN |
GAAS ABYAD White Gas |
COHOL TIBY COHOL SENAIY |
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kerosene |
??? |
White spirits Shellite |
??? |
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Valo petroli Petroli |
bensiini |
Kevytbensiini Puhdistusbensiini |
denaturoitu sprii Sinol(tm) Marinol(tm) |
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Pétrole Pétrole lampant Pétrole de chauffage Petrol a Bruler |
Essence |
Essence filtree Blanche sans plomb Essence C Essence F Essence a l'usage domestique |
Alcool a Bruler Alcool Denature Alcool Methylique |
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Petroleum Paraffinol Petrol Lampenoel |
Benzin Bleifrei Auto-Benzin Superbenzin |
Kocherbenzin Feuerzeug Benzin Katalyt Benzin Reinigungsbenzin Reinbenzin Fleckenbenzin Wundbenzin |
Spiritus Brennspiritus Methyl Alkohol |
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Parafinh |
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"Coleman fuel" ? |
mequliko oinopneuma |
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Petroleum |
Benzin |
Rensebenzin |
Denatureret Sprit |
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Petroleum Lampen-Olie |
Benzine(All Petrol), Loodvrije Benzine(Lead free Petrol) Euro 95(Low Octane)Super 98 (High Octane) |
Wasbenzine Coleman Fuel |
Spiritus Brand Spiritus Alcohol |
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Petróleum |
Benzin Olommentes benzin |
Sebbenzin Tiszta benzin |
spiritus denaturált szesz |
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steinolía Lampaolía |
Bensin |
Hreinsad Benzin |
rauðspritt (raudspritt) |
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Kerosene |
Petrol (Gasoline) |
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methylated spirits |
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MINYAK TANAH |
BENSINE |
??? |
??? |
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NAFT |
Benzin |
??? |
??? |
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Decane |
Petrol |
Nafta |
Meths
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Neft |
Delek 96 Delek 95 Benzin Natul |
Delek lavan Benzin lavan |
Alcohol |
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petrolio petrolio lampante Olio di Paraffina Kerosene |
Benzina per autoveicoli |
benzina AVIO Benzina bianca |
Alcol denaturato |
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Toh-yu |
Gasoline |
White Gas Coleman Fuel |
Nen-ryo yoh Alcohol |
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Paraffin kerosene |
unleaded gas |
??? |
??? |
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Laos |
??? |
??? |
??? |
Alcool |
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This is rather complicated. See the entry further on in this document. |
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kreosene parifin pitrolju |
Petrol octane |
??? |
Alcohol ethanol Methylated spirit Surgical spirit |
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Petroleo |
Gasolina |
gasolina blanca |
??? |
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Kerosene |
Petrol |
White Spirit Shellite Callite Britolite Pegasol Fuelite |
Methylated Spirit |
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Parafin Tennveske lampeolje fritidsparafin |
Bensin |
Renset bensin Heptan Katlyt bensin 4takt miljøbensin (statoil) |
Rod-Sprit Kondensfjerner Hjemmebrent 95% |
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kerosene |
gasoline |
Coleman fuel |
denatured alcohol |
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nafta |
"benzyna bezolowiowa" |
Benzyna ekstrakcyjna rozpuszczalnik ekstrakcyjny |
Denaturat Spirytus alkohol metylowy |
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Petroleo |
Gasolina sem chumbo |
Benzina de desengorduramento |
"Alcool 95%" |
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Kerosen Petrol
lampant |
Benzina
Benzina
fara plumb |
Nafta Naphta Benzina
nafta |
"Alcool etilic de origine agricola 96%" Alcool Tehnic |
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kerosene |
benzine |
Benzin
Galosha |
Methyl Alcohol (metilovy spirt) |
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paraffin |
petrol |
Benzine |
Methylated Spirits "Meths" |
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Parafina Petroleo Keroseno Petroli Queroseno |
Gasolina sim plomo |
Becina, Blanca Solvente Gasolina domestica Benzina pura |
Alcohol Metilico Alcohol de quemar (Metilico) |
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Fotogen Lysfotogen Statoil Blå Aspen_Kaminbraensle |
Blyfri bensin |
Industribensin Kemiskt Ren Bensin Statoil miljoe Alkylatbensin Miljoebensin 4-takt |
T-Sprit/Roedsprit T-Roed Metanol T-braenlse Tenol |
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Petrol |
Bleifrei |
Reinbenzin Wundbenzin |
Brennsprit |
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Petroleum |
Bleifrei |
Reinbenzin Wundbenzin Feuerzeug Benzin |
Brennsprit |
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??? |
??? |
Benzin Gereinigt |
??? |
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??? |
??? |
??? |
??? |
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NAUM MAUN GAS |
NAUM MAUN REI SARN |
BENZENE KAOW White benzene "COMFORT" |
Alcohol Isopropanol |
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Gazyagi Parafin |
Kursunsuz benzin |
White Gas Benzin |
Ispirto |
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kerosen |
gasolina |
Gasolina blanca |
alcohol para quemar alcohol luz |
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Editors Note: "white spirit / white gas" Confusion. (May 1996)
Depending
on which country you are in, "white spirit" can be one of several
substances. In the
In
Referring
to one of the brand names is probably a more reliable way of getting what
you're after (see the entry for
The Material Safety Data Sheet for Coleman fuel gives the following composition:
·
Solvent naphtha (CAS #64742-89-8) 45-50%
·
Aliphatic petroleum distillates (CAS #64742-88-7) 45-50%
· Xylene (CAS #1330-20-7) 2%
· Toluene (CAS #108-88-3) 2%
<elliot@mail.utexas.edu.fuel> writes....... (May 1996)
Coleman fuel and white gasoline are not the same. Coleman fuel contains components that are much less volatile than gasoline (such as naptha). This is what makes it safer to use in a stove or lantern. White gasoline is simply gasoline that contains no antiknock additives. Commercial unleaded gasoline contains additives that will likely damage your stove unless it designed to accept this type of fuel (some are).
I suppose the question really is: Can I use white gas in my stove? Answer is: probably. If it is clean and contains no additives, it will burn just fine. It is more dangerous to handle since it is more volatile, but clean, pure white gas will probably not damage your stove. At least it has never harmed my Svea 123.
<F-Schmidt@cox.net.fuel> writes.......(Feb 2003)
(Frank Schmidt, Senior Project Engineer, Appliances-Fuels-Patio Grills, The Coleman Co.)
Coleman Fuel was developed in the early 50's as a replacement for
"white gas" which in the
The Coleman fuel of today has not changed in years, it is a blended naphtha with no lead compounds, and a paraffinic type. The benzene content is controlled to .5% by wt. or less and we add a rust inhibitor along with a green dye for identification. I will attach the specification for the fuel for your information. One point, you might find interesting is Coleman Fuel is the preferred fuel for fire eaters, have several inquiries a year as to the benzene content and is it safe.??
I also would like to inquire if your site, could be used by the Coleman Co. as a reference link in our site.
PS: The specification is titled (US Market) there is no other one.
<awaddington@acorn.co.uk.fuel> writes.......(Dec 1993)
Don't forget that some multifuel stoves will run on Diesel, which
has the advantage of a very high calorific value per unit mass. In
Editors
note: The name "diesel" is used in
Italy-
Gasolio per autotrazione.
<StewartAG@aol.com.fuel> writes ..... (April 1996)
I have a recommendation for those seeking Kerosene. The International Specifications for Kerosene are almost if not exactly the same as commercial Jet-A Fuel. Both products have very stringent % of sulphur content.
Since I market petroleum products in the NW (
A good test for quality is check to see if the jet a is water white with no smell. I would think most airports around the world would have this product and would part with a few gallons for the needy camper. Besides, it is usually inexpensive compared to other kero like products.
<Geoff.Rehmet@gfsa.co.za.fuel> writes ....(Oct 1998)
Benzene refers to the Benzene ring molecule C6H6 (6's should be subscript) if I recall properly. This is not a good fuel, and is also nasty stuff - I recall being warned in chemistry class at university that it is carcinogenic. Benzine is the same as white gas. (I actually resorted to the Concise Oxford English Disctionary a short while ago to jog my memory on this subject!).
Alphabetical
Listing of Notes for Various Countries
<jewitt@aqua.ccwr.ac.za.fuel> writes.........(Dec 1993)
The
most practical stoves for hiking/camping etc in most of
Paraffin
is the most freely available fuel throughout southern
Petrol
throughout southern
(Editors note: Unleaded petrol is now available (June 1996) in South Africa)
White
Spirit/Coleman Fuel is rarely available and then only in specialized camping
shops and is really expensive. Benzine is around but you might have to hunt a
bit, it's quite expensive and sometimes has all sorts of odd additives that
stop it burning properly and clog up the jets
<bikehiketour@hotmail.com.fuel> writes.... (Nov 1999)
Came across your web information sheet
while doing some research for our next long distance bicycle tour. We just
completed
Meths is called 'alcohol' (pronounced al-col) or alcohol pura (somtimes alcohol de quemar)
In
In
In
In
In
In
Generally if the pharmacies don't carry the right grade, ask in hardware or paint stores we found that someone there always knew where to find it
<juan_caiti@argentina.com.fuel>writes.... (Jan 2007)
I
tried in the past to contact the site owner and couldn't, as Doron, to have an
answer. At that time I wanted to add in the column 3 the name for Argentina:
solvente or, less common, bencina.
Also I'd like to make some comments:
1. for Argentina the comments on alcohol are right if methanol and ethanol are
both included because "alcohol de quemar" is methanol, while alcohol
or alcohol puro is normally the name for ethanol.
2. The names are not necessarily the same in the countries described. In all of
South American countries the language is spanish but with little differences.
As example in Chile de diesel fue is called diesel but in Argentina we call it
gas-oil; they call alway bencina the coleman fuel, we call solvente; we call
nafta the car fuel and they call it bencina but if you say nafta in Chile they
will understand. And so on. The names are fine for Argentina, but not sure for
other SA countries
3. Kerosene, or kerosén or querosene or querosén is Ok.
Regards,
Juan
<neil.somers76@gmail.com.fuel> writes.... (Sep 2009)
I have been in Ecuador for over 3 weeks now and have looked all over for white gas. I could not find it, but instead used lighter fluid. This works ok, but is very expensive as cooking fuel:
Komet
brand,USD 4.50 / 100 mL, Available from
Case de Los Deportes, San Gregorio 115-5 y Avenida 10 de Agosto, Quito Keep up
the good work! Neil
(Additional
update :) )
The
fuel I was talking about (white gas) is fuel number 3. Maybe you could
remove ´Ecuador´ from the table , as I tried for a whole month to find it.
I
am in Peru and can find bencina (column 3) everywhere!
Cheers,
Neil
<daryl@menzies.su.edu.au.fuel> writes.......(Dec 1993)
"white spirits" and "white gas" are NOT the same. White spirit is some kind of cleaning fluid, IF you can get your stove to run on it it will clog it up fairly quickly.
Most
hardware stores sell "Shellite" in one liter plastic bottles Usually made by "diggers." (
there are other brands but diggers is the most common) Kerosene and
Methylated spirits are usually available from supermarkets, as well as hardware
stores, again under the "diggers" brand. In the
<jch@cs.rmit.edu.au.fuel> writes....(Feb 1999)>
White spirit has been designed for the dry cleaning industry and has had a flame inhibitor added to it to try and reduce the risk of fire when using it hence why it does not burn very well. If you cannot buy 'shellite' then you can use 'unleaded petrol' from any garage in almost every shellite burning stove, it works fine in Coleman and all the MSR models including the Whisperlite. The only thing to note is that unleaded petrol has a higher flash point and requires a little bit more care in handling to make sure you do not burn yourself. Once the fuel is in the stove there are no problems but fill stoves and bottles well away from any flames.
Editors Note: ( June 1995 ):
"White gas" is also available under the brand name of "Mobilite" and costs about $A5 per liter in small quantities (750ml glass bottles) from hardware stores.
Editors Note: ( March 2003 )
Shellite
is available in one liter plastic bottles from the larger Woolworths
supermarkets in
Methylated
spirits in
Unleaded
petrol can contain up to 20% ethanol.
<awaddington@acorn.co.uk.fuel> writes.......(Dec 1993)
"Bleifrei" is particularly low octane - 91 or 92, so the stuff most people use in cars is the higher octane stuff which isn't so nice in stoves.
<k.kretschel@dlr.de.fuel> writes...................(July
1995)
<Werner.Koch@uibk.ac.at.fuel> writes........(Jan 1996)
In
Denatured
Alcohol would be translated as "Brennspiritus" and white gas is
"Reinigunsbenzin" and rather expensive. Since fuel stoves are less
popular over here than in the
<markus@runout.at.fuel> writes.....(May 2002)
Shellite
has more terms: 'Reinigungsbenzin' is common, also called:
"Waschbenzin", some bigger outdoor and sport shops sell "white
gas" or "Kocherbenzin". Fuel stoves are well known in
<Andreas.Ganzera@avl.com.fuel>...(June 2002)
As
I am an Austrian, I would correct the entries for
* Petroleum (Lampenöl for lanterns only, it is less smelly and often coloured. I am not sure if it works well with stoves)
* Benzin Bleifrei (in any case go for the Bleifrei which means unleaded, use 91ROZ better than 95ROZ. Contains less additives, will not block your device that fast.)
* Reinigungsbenzin, Waschbenzin, Reinbenzin, Fleckbenzin (Do not use Wundbenzin from pharmacies, this is extremely pure and extremely expensive. You do not need it, really. Use Feuerzeugbenzin for petrol lighters like Zippo only, it contains special substances which prevent the petrol from fast evaporation. And it is expensive, too).
* Brennspiritus, Spiritus
And here is where you get that stuff:
* Petroleum: Baumarkt (Hardware shops), Farbengeschäft (Paint shop)
* Lampenöl: Supermarket, Baumarkt (Hardware shops), Farbengeschäft (Paint shop)
* Benzin bleifrei, Autobenzin: Tankstelle (Petrol station)
* Reinigungsbenzin, Waschbenzin, Reinbenzin, Fleckbenzin: Farbengeschäft (Paint shop)
* Brennspiritus: Baumarkt (Hardware shops), Farbengeschäft (Paint shop)
* Feuerzeugbenzin: Supermarket, Tabak-Trafik (Tobacco
shop)
<moh@hacom.nl.fuel> writes.......(April 1996)
BTW:
in
<mickbikx@tiscali.be.fuel> writes.....(April 2006)
For the frenchspeaking part of Belgium, the same names as used in
France...
Coleman's fuel is available in campingstores.
<erwin.minnebo@telenet.be.fuell> writes.....(November 2008)
Hello
there,
I
was checkin your fuel chart en saw you missed the Belgium description,
for
column 4.We called it brandalkohol/ brandspiritus. Greetings, Erwin
<mreznicek@pretensa.com.fuel> writes......(October 2006)
Hello:Here are some of the fuel names for Bolivia and Chile:
Gasoline = Gasolina
Kerosene = Kerosene
Alcohol pura should read Alcohol puro (ending in “o”, not “a”)
These are the names in Argentina:
Gasolina = Nafta
Please let me know any questions you may have, as our company has a chemical engineer and we can ask him anything.
Best regards,Miguel Reznicek
PRETENSA LTDA Ing.
La Paz - Bolivia
<MucaloP@kpc.co.id.fuel> writes.....(Feb 99)
Borneo
Fuel Names also applies to Sumatera and
Kerosene "Minyak Tanah" available everywhere as it is the main cooking fuel.
Aviation Grade Kerosene "AVTUR" only from registered dealers in 200l drums.
Gasoline "Benzine" available everywhere.
2 stroke mixture" Benzine campur" available pre mixed in most places. In small places
look for the fuel station identified by lots of 200l drums outside.
Diesil "Solar" available everywhere.
Methlylated spirits "Spiritos" often died purple and put in old softdrink bottles with crown seals.
Karbit "carbide" available
from little little hardwareshops. This is used for simple brazing in
many parts of
<general.specific@gmail.com.fuel> writes.....(Jan 2007)
Hi,Fuel no.3 is called "ekstraktsionen benzin" in BULGARIA
<henry_seefield@btinternet.com.fuel> writes........(April 2009)
Just in case you didn't get to find
out when you were there, fuel names in Bulgaria are as follows:
English .............
Petrol ,Bulgarian .........
бензин
(benzin)
So I guess:
Lead-free petrol
.......... Bessoloffo benzin. Literally без
(without) олово (lead) benzin
but this may not be
correct
|
Available at a Petrol station
...........
бензиностанция
(benzinoctantciya)
Paraffin =
either парафин (parafin), or
керосин (kerosin).
<steven@moe.edu.sg.fuel>writes.....(Jan 1997)
Kerosene
in
<mhuang@bu.edu.fuel> writes........(April 1998)
This is the first time in my life I have heard someone would call kerosene `huo shui'. Might be called so in some (very limitedly used) regional dialect.
In
mandarin, which can be understood across
Interestingly "mei you" for kerosene sounds nearly identical to the chinese expression for "nothing" "there isn't", or "don't have". If you are in a shop and ask for "mei you", the guy behind the counter repeats "mei you", or "mei you mei you", you are out of luck. :-)
Gasoline: "qi you" ( "q" reads "ch" -- "chi you" i.e. ``vapour oil'' )
Leadless gaseline: "wu qian qi you" uncommon in china.
White gas: never heard of in china.
Diesel: "chai you" ( ``firewood oil'' )
One can also look for bottled cigarette lighter fuel.
99.5% chinese will get lost if you ask for these:
"distilled" gasoline: "zhi liu qi you"
For experiment or as solvent : "rong ji qi you"
If you really want, you can find chemical grade pure petrol in petroleum chemistry related stores. But only in a hand full of the largest cities. Most people never heard of camping stove that burns anything other than alcohol or kerosene, if they have heard of camping stoves at all.
you can find petrol whereever there is a petrol station. that is what I used. unleaded becomes more available. some cities started to ban leaded petrol completely. But I think you will find leaded more often particularly in remote places.
<habanita@gmail.com.fuel> writes........(October
2011)
Here's one addition: CHINA "white
gaz" is QU ZI YOU (去漬油)
as for "cleaning naphta". They also have an "environmentally
friendly" version of this product.
About the Italian one : Benzina AVIO
(for airplane, literally) may be confused with the eponymous trademarked
"benzina Avio", a cleaning product that is pure toxic
thrichloroethylene.Regards,Nikos
<akhain@sequent.com.fuel> writes.........(Dec 1993)
Petrolej,
Benzin, Technicky benzin, Denaturovany lih or Denaturovany alkohol should be commonly
available in 'Drogerie' (Drug store) or 'Barvy-Laky' (Paints) stores.
<robbie@actrix.co.nz.fuel> writes.........(September
2010)
In
September 2010 while cycle touring in the Czech Republic, I purchased a 420mL
tin of technicky benzin in a drogerie (non-medical drug store) for
The brand was Severochema Liberec. Also available in bigger tins. This worked
fine in my MSR Whisperlite International.
See
[http://www.severochema.cz/shop/technical-benzine-420-ml/4020/87e83c7f.html].
---Robbie
Morrison
<ruzickao@seznam.cz.fuel>
writes.........(August 2017)
Hi
there !
Please,
could you remove in your table of fuel names in Czech Republic (Czechia)
name
for kerosene "parafin". No one is using it, maybe because they use
that in other east-european
countries
or as I know in UK you wrote it there. If you enter regular Czech
drug-store(chemist shop)
and
you will demand parafin, they will sell you paraffin wax.
Proper
name for kerosene is "petrolej" or more precisely "petrolej na
svícení" which means kerosene for lightning.
BTW
kerosene, spelled keroseen, written kerosín is called jet-fuel, which we know
what is, but is difficult to obtain.
Have
a nice day.
Ondrej
<jqrn@mi.aau.dk.fuel> writes .....(June 1995)
Column 4 (95% Ethanol + 5% Methanol) are not for sale in Denmark, but instead we use 100% Ethanol which is almost as good when the temperature are not to low - and it seldom is in Denmark, due to our very flat country (highest top apptoc. 180 m over sea...) anyway this product substitutes what the norvegian/swedish people call Rod-Sprit and is called "husholdnings-sprit" or simply "sprit."
<ole@kjeldgaard.mail.dk> writes ....(Feb 2003)
Corrections for
"Petrolium" is should be spelled "Petroleum"
"Ethanol"
is correct, but a lot of people in stores won't know what it is, the daily name
is "Sprit" or "Husholdnings sprit"
<jkh@gnn.com.fuel> writes......(Oct 1995)
kerosene - 3 names:
al-kayruseen
zayt al-barafeen (literally, "oil of parafin")
zayt al-kaaz
<a.ferguson@chem.canterbury.ac.nz.fuel> writes.........(Dec 1994)
While
in
We
were sea kayaking round the island and I was carrying a 5 litre drum of
kerosene on deck. The white spirits was distributed around the rest of the
fleet in 1/2 and 1 litre containers and stowed in the kayaks.
<kiravuo@gamma.hut.fi.fuel> writes.......(Dec 1993)
Valopetroli, bensiini and sprii are generic names, Sinol and Marinol are brand names, but also in common use.
<mk59200@cs.tut.fi.fuel> writes........(Dec 1993)
White Gas (kevytbensiini) is apparently very hard to find (maybe because nobody uses it here). According to manufacturer's info Sinol(tm) is for unpressurized stoves (Trangia etc.) while Marinol(tm) is for pressurized stoves (Optimus? never seen one), but in practice they should be interchangeable.
<rtp1@midway.uchicago.edu.fuel> writes....(Oct 1998)
Besides the listed choices, "Lampyoljy" (lamp oil) has always worked fine for me. It's a clean kerosene, generally dyed blue or some other color. The very best and cleanest is Shell Erikois Valopetroli, but the other stuff works just fine.
You
have to look far and wide to get "Coleman Fuel" in
<a.willman@surfeu.fi.fuel> writes….(May 2006)
Pretty old information from Finland. A couple of years ago, I phoned to every Shell station in Kilpisjärvi, and no one knew what Coleman fuel is. The shop that has had it, have probably bought it from Norway was someones explanation, but of course I can not verify that.
Sinol and Marinol, well, that is trading marks for burning spirit. Sinol is almost only spirit, when Marinol has some water added so that it burns cleaner whit non pressurized stoves as Trangia.
I have succeded to buy a fuel that is almost the same as used in gaslighters, it is called "Shell erikoispuhdistettu bensiini 80 -110" (that could be translated as "Shell specially cleaned gasoline 80 - 110". It doesn't smell a lot, and it works in my Optimus 8R stove as well as in my Russian Schmelb-2 and Schmelb-4 stoves (pressurized). The only bad thing is that is has to be bought in 200 liter barrels, but I found a guy who uses the liquid to clean up dead animals with, before he stuffs them (is that the right word?), so I have bought the fuel from him in amounts of 5 liter. Works great in cigaret lighters also.
There are a lot of kerosene brands around here and most of them are working great, but avoid those coloured liquids as they clog up the vapourizers badly. Kerosene is Petrooli in Finnish, and "Valo petrooli" is the stuff used in lanterns and stoves. There used to be a fuel called "Moottori petrooli" also, (translated as engine kerosene), that was used in some cars and boat engines and sold from pumps at gas stations, but that cant be found anymore. It could not be used with lanterns or stoves either, as it smelled awfully. One of the cleanest kerosenes for lanterns has been a liquid made for lighting coal barbeques with. Earlier it also said on the bottles that it could be used in lanterns also, but I am not sure about that anymore. "Barbeque lightning fuel" is "Grillin sytytys neste" in Finnish.
Well, maybe you will get some information to your page from this mail, feel free to use it also.
I have written most of the stuff on my page also, and I don't think it is a bad idea that the information can be found on several places, as that will prevent people from mixing up fuels.
Sincerely,Anders Willman~Light Bringer~ http://willman.20m.com
< syklist@gmail.com.fuel> writes….(November 2010)
The
best fuel alcohol available in Norway is a product called "Fin Fyr".
It is available from most outdoor shops, such as Perry Sport or G-Sport and
some garages. It is a blend of ethanol and other alcohols and burns about as
cleanly as UK Meths does. It is a significantly cleaner fuel than rød sprit.At
the time of writing Fin Fyr is around NOK 80 per litre, most places will sell
rød sprit for a similar price. The cheapest Rød sprit I have found is
from
Biltema. This costs around NOK 25 per litre BUT only if you buy it in four
litre cans (see
http://www.biltema.no/no/Fritid/Friluftsliv/Kjemikalier/Rodsprit/).
NOK 40/litre if you buy one litre bottles from Biltema.
Cheers
Stan
<I.G.Batten@fulcrum.co.uk.fuel> writes.......(Dec 1993)
Coleman fuel is also available as ``Essence C' 'in French supermarkets and hardware shops. It's dirt cheap. It worked fine in a Coleman Peak One and an MSR Whisperlite, with no fouling or peculiar smell from either or excessive filth from priming the MSR
``Essence'', alone, is leaded 88 octane petrol.
<awaddington@acorn.co.uk.fuel> writes.......(Dec 1993)
Petrol/Gasoline
in
(Editors note: "Essence normale" is leaded petrol/gasoline.)
<svante.wendel@wendel.se.fuel> writes..(May 2000)
Many
moons ago while traveling in
<mike@clockwork.freeserve.co.uk.fuel> writes... (Sept 2002)
I
was in
Editors Note: (March 2003)
I
found Camping Gaz stoves to be the most practical solution for cooking when
flying/cycle touring in
Some people have reported success using "Petrole Desaromatisee" in place of "Essence C" or Coleman fuel. This can be found in some supermarkets.
<gerard.metron@wanadoo.fr.fuel> writes….(Sept 2003)
I
have the only one web site in
I
know the french names for different fuels quite well, and I have some remarks
to formulate:
"Fuel domestique" (wrong in your 1st column) is the low tax version, red coloured (for domestic heating) of diesel (no colour).
US,
"Pétrole
à brûler" is not common, and not right in the 3rd column. It would be the
same as "pétrole" or "pétrole de chauffage" of the 1st
column. You can suppress it.
<Noah_Coccaro@HAMPSTER.BOLTZ.CS.CMU.EDU.fuel> writes.......(Dec 1993)
I
spent a year in
<PETER@EMBL-Hamburg.DE.fuel> writes.....(April 1994)
Lampenoel (kerosene) is often coloured and has added "smells"
Lead-Free, (bleifrei, sans plomb, loodvrij, sim plomo) fuel is almost universal for cars that will stand it without burning out their engines!
<k.kretschel@dlr.de.fuel> writes................... (July 1995)
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
Petroleum Paraffinol Petrol Lampenoel |
Benzin Bleifrei Auto-Benzin Superbenzine Loddvrije bensine |
Kocherbenzin Feuerzeug Benzin Katalyt Benzin Reinigungsbenzin Reinbenzin Fleckenbenzin Wundbenzin |
Spiritus Brennspiritus Methyl Alkohol |
Not quite correct:
Col
1 main name is "Diesel"; "Petroleum" is a cleaned version.
The other names are unusual. One more name is "Heizoel", but you need
that only when you want some 1000 liters for your big tank. The only difference
to Diesel is the tax ;-)
BTW: "Sprit" is a generic name for gas as well as for alcoholics, no matter if drinkable or not. Each liquid that burns may be called "Sprit", either in the throat or in motor or a stove.
<P.VOLLMAR@LINK-GOE.de.fuel> (Peter Vollmar) writes... (Dec 1996)
Lampenoel ist *not* petrol. This stuff killt my msr xgk2 generator. In pharmacies they often use METHANOL for Methyl Alkohol.
<mbelow@post.uni-bielefeld.de.fuel> writes........(Sept 1998)
The
line about
The
second column: Benzin is a good general name for petrol. Bleifrei means
unleaded -- that's standard now, so in daily life the names
<christoph.werres@airbus.com.fuel> writes… (March 2017)
Hello,
thanks
so much for this very cool homepage. I was in Réunion 2 weeks ago which is part
of France and they sell all French products there.
It
seems that "Essence C" (replacement for Coleman Fuel) is more and
more deprecated for health reasons and substituded by a
similar
product, called "Essence F".
I
used it for many days in my MSR fuel stove instead of Coleman Fuel and it
worked perfectly and very clean.
Here
you have a description of the product from the producing company in France:
http://www.notilia.com/fr/catalogue/particuliers/produits/ref-33/essence-f
Maybe
this information can be added to the notes for France and will help people
travelling there.
Greetings
from Ulm / Germany
Tim Cunningham<timc@ibo.org.fuel> writes ....(July 2000)
In
As
for Coleman fuel/white gas, I don't know for definite, but I guess it is
imported as 'Coleman fuel' by some stores in downtown
Alcohol
is readily available in pharmacies or Farmakeio (pron. farmakeeo) and goes by
the wonderful name of mequliko oinopneuma (pron. metheeleeko eenopnevma -
literally 'methylated spirit').
<fleis@meyer.fys.ku.dk.fuel> writes.......(Aug 1998)
The
names for the fuels in
<dirk.vangulik@cen.jrc.it.fuel> writes......(Dec 1993)
cat 1: Lampen-Olie... sometimes okay, often more like a vegetable oil.,the 'non-smelling' version is almost always good: "reukloze lampen-olie" but contains a perfume which makes my stove (Whisper=Lite" clog up once in a while.
cat 2: "Super" = high octane, "Loodvrij"= unleaded.
cat 3: Wasbenzine, Colman fluel, both well known
<millenaar@jach.hawaii.edu.fuel> writes.......(Dec 1993)
The
name 'coleman fuel' or 'coleman brandstof' is commonly used in
<ajvuik@gmail.com.fuel> writes.......(September 2007)
I
also have a couple of comments on the translation to Holland:
First of all it's better to call it Dutch, because Holland is just 2 provinces
of the country Netherlands who all talk Dutch ;)
Second is for Col. 2: Petrol is in Dutch: Benzine(All Petrol), Loodvrije
Benzine(Lead free Petrol), Euro 95(Low Octane), Super 98 (High Octane) 'Normaal
16' doesn't exist.
And in Col. 4: 'Spriritus' and 'Brand Spiritus' are the same. Considering the
topic 'Brand Spiritus' would be the most prudent to keep.
<w.p.dewinter@wisl.nl.fuel> writes.......(July 2011)
CAT4:
Here's some more detail about alcohol in Holland. In every grocery shop or
drugstore you can get "brandspiritus" or just "spiritus",
normally in dark blue plastic bottles. This is 85% methylated alcohol. While it
works with your Trangia and you canb get away with it, since Holland is all
lowlands, it is too low grade. Expect longer cooking times. It's ver cheap,
though. The real (96%) stuff is harder to get. The best places II know is a
chain of outdoor sports shops called "Bever" where they sell by the
name of "Beversprit" or "Trangia spiritus". The have a
website listing all the shops:
http://www.bever.nl/index.cfm/fuseaction/main.shops. Price c. 2.50 euro for a
litre.
In other outdoor shops you may find it too. Just ask for "spiritus for
Trangia". However, some will sell it, many don't. Look for shops
specialized in hiking. Big camping shops aming for caravan-people won't
normally have it.
Pharmacies and drugstores sell rubbing alcohol (ethanol 95%), but it's much
more expensive
<akos@belgonet.be.fuel> writes... (Aug 2001)
Reading
your fuel table, I am able to replace some ???-s in
the
hungarian line (column 4) : the name is spiritus or
denaturált szesz.
<attila.hargitai@geohidroterv.hu.fuel> writes ….(March 2003)
The
chemical in the first column is called "petróleum" in hungarian, not paraffin (paraffin is a solid white thing,
usually hexadecane). the chemical in the third column
is "sebbenzin" or "tiszta benzin" (sold in pharmacies as
decontaminating agent), basically a kind of purified gasoline, while gasoline
is called "benzin". "Olommentes" means led-free. And to
make you confused "kerozin" in
Kerosene = petroleum
Diesel = gázolaj
Gasoline = benzin
Coleman fuel = tiszta benzin, or sebbenzin
Jet
fuel = kerozin
<ROB.JONSON@balliol.oxford.ac.uk.fuel> writes.... (Jan 1997)
I
was just looking at your faq and noticed a number of
blanks for
<tonet@runbox.no.fuel> writes.... (Sep 2006)
-We spent this summer camping in Iceland.
I think the equivalent of kerosene (what we call parafin in Norway) is "steinolía" in Icelandic. "Lampaolía" is a more refined (and more expensive) version.
Tone T., Hafrsfjord
<bruce_mcadam@yahoo.co.uk.fuel> writes.... (Jul 2008)
In
Iceland, alcohol (meths) is sold as rauðspritt (raudspritt). I think the
current
entry is a misspelling.
Available from some garages and Byko hardware stores.
Cheers,Bruce McAdam Reykjavi
<dave@drw.me.uk.fuel>writes.... (Apr 2009)
Hi,Just to let you know the name for
Petrol under Iceland is: Bensin
As per this website for one of the fuel companies (that I
bought fuel for an MSR from whilst there!)http://www.orkan.is/
Dave.
<RKOHLI@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu.fuel> writes........ (Dec 1993)
Petrol(Gasoline) is available at any Petrol Pump. Buy the higher grade if you are not sure.
Kerosene is available at most roadside grocery shops or "ration" shops.
Methyl Alcohol-Most Drug Stores stock it. I have never used it in any stove so can't vouch for it.
White Gas-Could never find it.
kirstenlatimer@hotmail.com writes........(Dec 2001)
For
your information, in
<steven@moe.edu.sg.fuel> writes.....(jan 1997)
Kerosene is MINYAK TANAH Available from little roadside shops that sell watered down petrol. The watered down petrol is known as BENSINE. Other helpful words: API (fire), FLAMU (flame).
<fairy_w@operamail.com.fuel> Writes….. (Oct 2010)
Note
for Indonesia: kerosene is getting very hard to find since the cost of oil went
up and the gov was forced to remove the subsidy, at that time the gov gave free
LPG cans to the poor so now most people use LPG and when u can find kerosene it
cost the same as car fuel or more and will be watered down a lot. Great list
thanks’ will
<atavakli@cftnet.com.fuel> writes..... (May 1996)
In
<bikehiketour@hotmail.com.fuel> writes..... (Nov 99)
Meths:
In
<sean.ohaonghusa@hp.com.fuel> writes …(March 2004)
The
names for all the fuels are the same in
<grittysoap@hotmail.com.fuel> writes..... (Aug 2009)
Failte!
Great site! I wish to notify you on the names of fuels here in the Republic of
Ireland.
Column 1
Decane (mostly). Kerosene/diesel is a crude cut from oil refineries, boiling
point range is approximately 180° to 280° C. May have pink or blue color added
(U.K.).
If you want Diesel for home heating or for your automobile it is simply called
Diesel, As for kerosene for home heating, it's just called Kerosene, rarely
''Home heating oil''.
Column 2
Pentane, Hexane. The same as for column 1, but a boiling point range of 25° to
200° C. Slight yellow color. May also contain up to 20% ethanol ("ethanol
blended fuel").
If this is used for your car etc. then it's callled ''Petrol'' like in the UK.
Column 3
60% Hexane + 40% Heptane? Usually colorless?
Naphtha is somtimes labelled as such and though often as ''lighter fluid'' used
in Zippo lighters etc. and less commonly now ''petroleum distillate.''
Column 4
95% Ethanol + 5% Methanol approx. Usually has purple colour and bad taste
added. May also contain propanol and water.
Called Methylated spirits.
The purple is from an aniline dye and pyridine or some Denatonium salt is
also added.
As for the statement below, well it's a complete fallacy I've never seen
Methylated spirits labelled as ''Meths'' although colloquially speaking, some
do call it ''Meths'' and I've never had to sign for it or explain why I wanted
it, even when I was a minor(which was around 1999) I can't imagine anyone
trying to drink it.
''Ireland
<bikehiketour@hotmail.com.fuel> writes..... (Nov 99)
Meths: In Ireland it's the same as the UK but you will need to sign for it,
explaining your use/requirement of it.''
Beannacht
Giuliano Da Broi <giuliano.dabroi@tin.it.fuel> writes...(Feb 2001)
I
found your "Fuel Name Faq" very useful and complete, even if there
are
some mistakes in Italian translation:
N°1
Commonly known as "petrolio" or
"petrolio lampante"
N°3
"Benzina bianca" is correct but not very well known; better if you
ask for
"benzina AVIO" that is a trade mark.
N°4
"Alcol denaturato" (not "denaturo")
<angelo@metamorfosi.com> writes ….(Nov 2003)
First I must say the Italian translations are not correct in this old version.
With so many names I might be confused :-) but, if I understood well:
(1) The fuel used in Diesel cycle engines (without spark plug) has a yellowish colour and is normally called "gasolio" or, to be technically correct, "gasolio per autotrazione". Sometime, but not often, it's also called "diesel". Could be bought everywhere at gas stations (AGIP, SHELL, ESSO, ...) along the roads.
Almost same name "gasolio" or "gasolio da riscaldamento" (which means gasolio for heating purposes) for practically the same product (but with different additives and different taxes) for the fuel used in big central heating systems.
The fuel once used in lamps is called "petrolio" ("petrolio lampante" is another but very old name) and has a light yellow colour.
The fuel used for stoves (small heating systems inside living rooms) has a bluewish colour (for tax reasons), is called "kerosene" and could be bought in supermarkets.
The fuel used in turbine engine airplanes (Jet-A fuel) is called "kerosene" too but is transparent and, except for some additives, is probably very similar to the kerosene for heating purpose.
(2).The
fuel used in Otto cycle engines (with spark plug) is called "benzina"
and could be bought at gas stations. Only the unleaded one is available right
now in
The fuel used in piston engine airplanes has a transparent colour and different additives and is called "benzina avio".
(3) The product generally used for cleaning stains from fabrics is called "benzina avio" too (it is probably a different product) and could be bought at supermarkets. To clean fabrics it's also common to buy "trielina" (practically pure thrichloroethylene) or one can also buy "petrolio" but it's less common.
(4) To disinfect wounds or for house cleaning purposes (especially glasses) we use "alcool etilico denaturato" which is normally called "alcool". It has bright pink colour and bad taste added and could be bough in supermarkets. Could also be used for old lamps but I think it was more expensive.
In supermarkets you can also buy "alcool puro" (pure alcohol) which is transparent and you can drink to get drunk.
Now I have to ask you something. I'm translating the manual for my hanggliding and paragliding rescue parachutes. To clean the fabric from oil or grease stains it's suggested to use "benzina avio" for cleaning purposes. How can I write it in English to avoid misunderstandings, considering it would be read by people of different countries (most of them not English mother language). I thought to call it "white gasoline for cleaning purpose" do you think it would be clear enough to avoid misunderstandings? It would not be clever to use a wrong product to clean a parachute :-(
<habanita@gmail.com.fuel> writes........(October
2011)
Here's one addition: CHINA "white
gaz" is QU ZI YOU (去漬油)
as for "cleaning naphta". They also have an "environmentally
friendly" version of this product.
About the Italian one : Benzina AVIO
(for airplane, literally) may be confused with the eponymous trademarked
"benzina Avio", a cleaning product that is pure toxic
thrichloroethylene.Regards,Nikos
<tsuchiya@sedona.intel.com.fuel> writes..........(Dec 1993)
Gasoline is available at gas station. Usually they also have kerosene, ie. Toh-yu. "Toh" is pronounced like in "TOFU", and "yu" is like "you".
White
Gas (most likely the one sold by Japan Coleman) is available at bigger sports
goods retailer. Sometimes also available at hardware store
(again, bigger one). Alcohol is available at drug store. Ask
"Nen-ryo yoh" (the one as fuel), or you will get the one for
disinfection. Pronounce something like "Al-coal" for
"Alcohol".
<awaddington@acorn.co.uk.fuel> writes.......(Dec 1993)
Paraffin/Kerosene
is available everywhere in
Unleaded
gas is pretty much unobtainable, but there must be plenty of diesel
about - we saw a tanker of it lying in the road spilling the stuff everywhere
while people variously stood about smoking and waving traffic onto the edge of
the road.
<torque@pacific.net.sg.fuel> writes.....(Sept 1997)
As
a backgrounder,
|
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Teochew |
Hokkien |
Cantonese |
Mandarin |
Malay |
|
Kerosene |
Tou Yew |
Thor Yeew |
For Sway |
Huo Yew / May Yew |
Minyak Tanah |
|
Petrol |
Tiang Yew |
Tian Teew |
Chair Yow |
Tian Yew / Chi Yew |
Minyak Patrol |
|
White Gas is Non existant in these parts, closest equivalent is unleaded petrol |
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Unlead Gas |
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Woo Chian Chi Yew |
Minyak Patrol Perlombong |
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Methylated Spirit |
Huay Chiew |
Huay Chiew |
For Chow |
For Chiew |
Minyak Sprit |
<henfalz@maltanet.omnes.net.fuel> writes.......(Aug 1996)
1) kreosene,parifin,pitrolju
2) Petrol,octane
3) ?
4) Alcohol, ethanol,Methylated spirit,Surgical spirit
Localy
Kerosene is illegaly used as a cheap substetute for Diesel in diesel engines of
over 3l. capacity in a ratio of 40% ker & 60%
diesel. In
<info@oak-beams.co.uk.fuel>writes.......(July 2007)
We usually use gas canisters, your site does not really give the information needed for gas canisters as the configuration of the canister is crucial. In the UK the predominant type is a resalable screw on canister, but in Italy and Croatia and Slovakia we could not find them only the type that is pierced and cannot be resealed. Occasionally we found a different resalable Calor type but they were rare.
You
asked about Morocco. We used our petrol stove, petrol is available in small
quantities from petrol stations, no problem. Lightweight gas cylinders of any
kind are not to be found.
<amcculloch@earthlink.net.fuel> writes ......(Oct 1996)
In
Mexico, at least in the area around the volcanoes, your "Column 3"
fuel ("white gas" or "Coleman fuel") is called
"gasolina blanca".
White spirit (4 brand names) available from garages. Probably safer to ask for one of the brand names rather than just "white spirit". Meths from hardware stores.
Murray Singleton <msinglet@dcc.govt.nz.fuel> writes....(Jan 2001)
In
available at Caltex garages and I assume it replaces the brand name Callite,
previously sold at Caltex outlets.
<paale@lie.uit.no.fuel> writes........(Dec 1993)
Parafin is available at most garages, at times under the name "Fritids-parafin", or "Lampe-olje" (the latter is a more refined version, doesn't smell).
Bensin is available at garages, and so is White Spirit.
Rod-Sprit is available at stores selling paint etc. and also Liquour-shops!!! (even if it is poisonous).
<paale@lie.uit.no.fuel> writes.....(Dec 1993)
The problem is the product called "White spirit" in Norwegian. It is a somewhat kerosene-like product, but more refined. It is intended for use as paint-thinner removing paint-stains etc. It is cleaner and lights easier than kerosene, but it is not at all comparable to petrol. I use it from time to time as a substitute for kerosene in my stove, and it works great.
On the other hand there is "Renset bensin", which is unleaded, highly refined petrol. It is sold at pharmacies, and is intended for removing stains, and also medical use. This product is very expensive, very explosive: not exactly the ideal stove fuel.
But what confuses me is: this seems to be the product referred to for a lot of other countries. So what do you think? Are you looking for "White spirit" or "Renset bensin" ?
<wittgens@kjemi.unit.no.fuel> writes......(Dec 1993)
Actually you are looking for something in between, my Whispherlight get some hick'up when using "White spirit" because the petroleum jet is to big for using "White spirit" directly, the white gas jet is somewhat small, so you don't get enough fuel through it. Another popular use of "White spirit" is lighting a barbeque with it.
Never use "Renset bensin" you just waist your money, use unleaded 98 octane fuel. Some gas station sell a gasoline typ with an additive based on potassium, this one should not be used in MSR's or Coleman's
<exualan@exu.ericsson.se.fuel> writes........(Dec 1993)
While
in
There are some interesting cultural differences with regard to the "explosive" fuels.
It is sold at pharmacies, and is intended for removing stains, and also medical use. This product is very expensive, very explosive: not exactly the ideal stove fuel.
This
is quite true for
Now,
in the
<wittgens@kjemi.unit.no.fuel> writes.......(Dec 1993)
True,
the norwegian's get slighty crazy if they someone
light a stove fired by gasoline, normally they move about two meters away. They
learn gasoline == dangerous, kerosene == safe. Further it is forbidden in
<heill@phys.unit.no.fuel> Writes.........(Jan 1995)
A minor correction to your information on Norwegian names in the FAQ: Your "Rod-Sprit" in column 4 (Denatured Alcohol/Solvent Alcohol) should be spelled "R{/o}dsprit" where "{/o}" is a slashed "o" (can be compared to the German (e.g) umlauted "o".
Extra hyphenation and capitalization is an ill decease spreding into the Norwegian language (from English)! [Oh, BTW: :-)] It means, literally, "Red spirit/alchohol]".
Searching for Coleman fuel. A merry chase
around
=>
Coleman Fuel in
(See
the entry on
<dagstaale.karlsen@cargoscan.com.fuel> writes....(April 1999)
Regarding
table of fuel names: For
Column 3: You may add "Katlyt bensin"
Column 4: If you want an alternative to you may use "Isopropanol" and this is usualy possible to get in ordinary hardwear stores. The price is approx equal to "Rød sprit" = "denaturert sprit" It is sold under name "Teknisk Isopropanol" and is a blue liquid.
If you have problems with getting any of this all gasolinstations has "kondensfjerner" (condese remover) which is a fuel additive used to reduse problems caused by a small persentage of water in gasoline or diesel systems. "kondensfjerner" is a little bit more expensive, and includes additves we dont need in stoves. This may result in some soot. Usually I prefere to use "Teknisk Isopropanol".
Regarding:
the Editors Note: "white spirit / white gas". In
Some
more comments: It is possible to by gasoline stoves in
"Fritids-parafin", or "Lampe-olje" is usually ok to use as replasement for kerosene or diesel, but it may have another viscosity and it may cause problems in low temperature ore high mountains. (I dont know why.) Ordinary kerosene is widely available, and tousends of single-unit dwellings use kerosene for heating, and may have a barrel. In winter season diesel may contain near 50% kerosene in cold areas. Most backpackers uses butane stoves or alcohol stoves. Propane is widely used in cabins and caravans, and newer boats. Kerosene stoves is much used in boats, and by MC-people and scouts. Kerosine stoves is used by armed forces.
<Runes Primussider> writes....(April 2006)
Some
corrections/addons to Norway:
1) Parafin, tennveske, whitespirit, lampeolje, fritidsparafin
3)4takt miljøbensin (statoil)
4) Kondensfjerner, hjemmebrent 95%
Runegutt
<jappy@skyinet.net.fuel> "Juan Rafael D. Xavier" writes.... (Jan 1997)
Here is the list of available fuel when backpacking in our country.
1-kerosene (easily obtainable, even in the provinces)
2-gasoline (easily obtainable)
3-coleman fuel, available in some department stores, only in manila, but rather expensive (ironic, considering a lot of people use their stoves)
-lighter
fluid; ziponol is expensive, as is other kinds. the
most popular kinds are those readily available in hardware stores and
supermarkets. they come in small red plastic bottles
and are relatively cheap, easy to store and pack up. they
usually have queer brands like "sure flash," "
4-denatured alcohol (easily obtainable)
There
are also some shops in manila which sell butane/propane canisters for the
bluette burners (both new and old models) as well as some coleman
outfits
<jacek@appel012.hydromech.uni-hannover.de.fuel> writes.......(Dec 1993)
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Kerosene |
hm, I am not sure, but try to ask for 'nafta', or express it slightly longer 'nafta do lamp naftowych', what means that you want something which is burned in the lamps... There exists something called 'olej parafinowy' but I do not know how it works. Better forget it.'Nafta' burns easily, but if you think of the fluid of the Indian kerosene kind, which does not burn when you light a match and drop onto the fluid surface, I am wrong. |
|
Gasoline |
'Benzyna', different octane numbers, leaded: the lower ones are called 'niebieska benzyna' (blue gasoline), the better 'zolta benzyna' (yellow gasoline), unleaded gasoline (probably the best when used in stoves) 'benzyna bezolowiowa'. Fuel for diesel engines is oft called 'olej napedowy', or in slang 'diesel'. |
|
White gas |
'benzyna rektyfikowana', 'benzyna oczyszczana', or when not undestood, 'benzyna - rozpuszczalnik do farb i lakierow', or 'benzyna do wywabiania plam', what means, that you want a fluid with which you may remove paint stains or solvent or thinner for some sort of paints. Beware of 'rozpuszczalnik do farb olejnych' - thinner for oil paints. Just explain somehow, that you need it for a stove ('benzynowa maszynka do gotowania', people use also the name of the German firm: 'juwel'). |
|
Denaturated Alcohol |
'Denaturat', 'alkohol metylowy', usually with a beautiful skull and crossed bones symbol, and with horrible violet-colour addition. You may try also to burn 'spirytus', but this is 99 per cent pure alcohol for consumption and extremely expensive just to use as fuel... |
Availability:
'benzyna rektyfikowana' in the shops with the chemical products what in
'farby i lakiery', etc. Some hardware shops probably too. There you may ask also for 'nafta', but try to explain, what you want to do with it... ('do lampy naftowej'). 'Denaturat' could be also probably bought there, but usually you may get it in the liquor shops (yes!) 'monopolowy' or even in the shops with food or hardware (smaller towns, villages).
'Benzyna' - fuel stations, but sometimes there are problems when you come with a PLASTIC bottle, for just 1 liter...
They may say it is dangerous and would not sell you anything. In such a case try to come with a metal bottle or bigger (2-5 liter) can (pol.: 'kanister') or try to ask some driver for help.
Burning
qualities: The division of the qualities is clear - 'nafta' for lamps or
stoves, where you may highly pressurize the fuel, 'denaturat' for the slightly
old-fashioned alcohol stoves, where a surface of the liquid burns, 'benzyna
rektyfikowana' is probably the best thing for stoves with limited or no
possibility to pressurize the fuel (Whisperlite, Coleman). 'Benzyna' - if you
have to use it, use the unleaded super ('bezolowiowa super'), when not available
- down the octane scale. 'Diesel' the worst.
Piotr Gogolewski<docent@panoramix.net.pl.fuel> writes
....(November 2006)
Hi,I
would like to make a few corrections:
3: "Benzyna ekstrakcyjna" or "rozpuszczalnik ekstrakcyjny";
"benzyna rektyfikowana" is older name, not widely used nowdays.
"Benzna lakowa" (used as paint thinner) is something between kerosene
("nafta") and white gas in terms of boiling point (it will propably
soot your pots a bit, while "benzyna ekstrakcyjna" not).
Both
are usually sold in 0,5l plastic or glass bottles and it's good idea to filter
them before use,especially if your stove is prone to clogging.
4: "Denaturat". "Spirytus" is a plain 95% ethanol
(drinkable and lot more expensive than "denaturat").
"Alkohol
metylowy" means methanol and "alkohol etylowy" - ethanol. Both
of those are chemical names, I've never seen them labelled this way in other
places but shops with chemical reagents.
Availability: you can buy "benzyna ekstrakcyjna" (and probably
"nafta" too) in general shops ("sklep
spożywczo-przemysłowy" or "sklep przemysłowy") in
villages and very small towns. In bigger towns look for shops mentioned above
by Jacek.
Tim Cunningham<timc@ibo.org.fuel> writes ....(July 2000)
I
used a Trangia stove in
<kiralyvlad@yahoo.com.fuel> writes….. (August 2008)
Hi,I
would like to contribute to your International Fuel Names List.
Here
are some names for Romania:
Column
1 - In case it's the fuel jets (planes) use, we call it "Kerosen" or
"petrollampant"
But
I see in the UK it's called paraffin - if it's lampoil used for garden torches
and fire spinning we call it "ulei de torta" which means lampoil or
"ulei de parafina" which means "paraffin oil".
Column
2 - "Benzina" and "Benzina fara plumb"
Column
3 - "Nafta" "Naphta" "Benzina nafta"
"Benzina naphta"
Column
4 - "Alcool tehnic" - which is 90% ethanol and is denaturated with
methanol and methyl violet. Basicaly it's purle household meths. And
"Alcool etilic de origine agricola 96%" - which is 96% ethanol and 4%
water.
NOTE
FOR COLUMN 4: "Alcool Sanitar" and "Spirt" are the same
thing and mean "Rubbing Alcohol", which is only 60% ethanol. You
should remove those from the list.
Thank
you. Kiraly Vlad www.firearts.eu
<mtrrut@vmsa.technion.ac.il.fuel> writes........(Dec 1993)
Petrol could be obtained in fuel-station, if you find one. But usually there are very long lines for fuel and nobody is permitted to buy without order. TIP: ask driver of lorry/bus/taxi to sale (or just present) several liters. It usually works if you ask <2-3 liters. If you need more, repeat procedure. Taxi drivers usually sale benzine about 4-10 times more expensive than in fuel stations.
Don't try to find white gas. Nobody knows what it is. Learn to use petrol (if your stove isn't intended for petrol, be ready to clean it in the field). Trying to buy methyl alchohol (or cheap alchohol) isn't good idea.
Kerosene may be obtainable, but you can never predict it. Besides that some places don't sale goods to visitors. If so, you can usually ask somebody in the place to buy it for you.
The best obtainable fuel is a solar. Fuel stations don't sale it to travelers but most drivers of big lorries let you suck it. Bring house >2 m long (if you buy petrol from car/bus/... you need to suck it too!)
It is good idea to have somebody speaking Russian and preferably local language for negotiations. Foreign language and cash may attract crimes.
In
general, you usually can find fuel in the initial point of your trip (you can't
bring it in the plane) but it takes time. Consultations are highly recommended!
In 1990 we had to delay start to 20-days mountain expedition in Tyan'-Shan' for
1 day because we couldn't obtain fuel!
<jewitt@aqua.ccwr.ac.za.fuel> writes.........(Dec 1993)
Paraffin is freely available at garages and plenty of other stores.
Petrol at garages.
Methylated
Spirits is available at most stores except in the
<incose@global.co.za.fuel> writes........(June 1996)
Unleaded
petrol is now available throughout
<vulcan@global.co.za.fuel> writes........(July 1996)
Benzine
(can be found in any hardware store in
<Geoff.Rehmet@gfsa.co.za.fuel> writes ....(Oct 1998)
I have never seen any outdoor shop actually stocking Coleman Fuel, or benzine, for that matter. As mentioned in the FAQ, benzine is readily available at hardware stores, and can sometimes (at a price) be obtained from pharmacies. Benzine works out to be about twice the price of petrol, about ZAR5/l as opposed to about ZAR2.50/l (ZAR1.00 = USD5.87 when I last checked).
As an aside: anyone considering using South African diesel in their stove should be warned that diesel has a rather high sulphur content here. I would suspect that that will result in quicker clogging of jets and fuel lines.
<eugenad@gmail.com.fuel> writes ....(June2010)
Great
site!!
Found lots of interesting facts for myself.
I got 3 different Coleman lanterns, camp stove and catalytic heater. And I can
say it's a cool item for outdoor vacations or for emergency use.
Also you can add that in Russia and I guess ex-USSR White gas is called
"Benzin Galosha" or "Benzin Kalosha"
Greetings
<sims500@lycos.com.fuel> writes…..(Dec 2003)
Most camping stores in the cities sell White Gas. (inc. the one in our small town) Camping stores are everywhere and the Koreans love to camp/hike so just about everything is available.
Gas canisters are everywhere and extremely cheap. $AUS 3 for 4 of the aerosol can style cannisters.
Auto Unleaded petrol is available from service stations. Kerosene is available from service stations as a large number of houses use Kerosene Heaters.
<a.errington@lancaster.ac.uk.es.fuel> writes.... (April 2009)
Hello,
I
am in South Korea, and I have information for the "List of fuel
names".
I
own a Trangia, so I have been keen to find fuel for it. My research so
far
indicates that Methylated Spirit is not available, but pure Methanol
(Methyl
Alcohol) is. I bought 500ml from a pharmacy for about 1000 won.
In
general, campers in Korea use portable gas stoves. These usually use
the
8oz/220g disposable canisters, which are easily available.
Thank
you for maintaining the list. I have found many copies of it (from
various
dates) on the web, but I am glad there is still a canonical
source.
Have you considered submitting it as a Wikipedia entry?
Best
wishes,Andrew
<awaddington@acorn.co.uk.fuel> writes.......(Dec 1993)
Unleaded petrol/gas is "Sin plomo"
<Olcbill@aol.com.fuel> writes ............ (Dec 1994)
Last
summer in
<bikehiketour@hotmail.com.fuel> writes.... (Nov 1999)
Meths: in the northern part it can be found in pharmacies, but in the south, shops sell it as a camping fuel.
<joseph@d43j15m.jazztel.es.fuel> writes.... (May 2007)
In
Spain you can find Kerosene under the name of "Queroseno".
They use it for heaters and in hardware stores (Ferreterias) you can find in
rather large containers (20L). Sometimes they sell it in smaller quatities, the
smallest I have found was 5L. Even some Hypermarkets like "Carrefour"
and "Alcampo" do sell it and I've found it in the
"Electrodomesticos" department next to the Deepfryers and similars as
that is also where they sell the heaters. Leadfree petrol is indeed
"Gasolina sin plomo", but the white spitrit or "wasbenzine"
(in Dutch)'benzeno' is very hard to find as it contains 'Nafta' and is
suposedly "cancer producing" as I was told in a Chemist (not the same
as drugstore= "Farmacia"). There are special shops that sell
'Quimicos'- 'Chemicals' but they don't sell benzeno. I use "Lighter
fuel" from tabaconists. I thought it might be an idea to update your data
base.
<chris2037@gmail.com.es.fuel> writes.... (June 2009)
In
Spain:
Coleman
Fuel is very expensive.
'Aceite
de lámpara' (lamp oil, similar to kerosene) is available in some
'farmacias'.
White
gas is also known as 'disolvente' or 'nafta', available in 'ferreterias'.
<exualan@exu.ericsson.se.fuel> writes......(Dec 1993)
In
<x672 nick@mail.esrin.esa.it.fuel> and <Nick.Kew@mail.esrin.esa.it.fuel> writes ...... (June 1995)
Searching for Coleman Fuel: I explained everywhere "like the petrol you put in cars, but without the additives. "Vit Bensin" didn't work. Did I mean "Rod Sprit" (meths), or parafin? Yes they'd heard some people use low-octane unleaded petrol. No joy - but I only tried garages as everywhere else was shut.
<wendel@wendel.se.fuel> writes.......(July 1995)
Column 1: Fotogen means kerosene (generic). It's fine to buy some kerosene provided you buy 5 gallons or more. It's what you buy if you (very few do) use it for heating a room or a home. <T-Gul> (meaning T-Yellow, just like T-Roed means T-Red. Both indicate the color of the label, T-Roed itself is also pale red whereas T-Gul is colorless) is what it says on the label of the 1-liter plastic bottles that you can buy in any gas station, grocery store or supermarket. <Taend- vaetska> is what you should ask for if you ask for <T-Gul> by name in a store. It literally means a liquid used for lighting a fire or barbeque. The label of <T-Gul> also says "pure n-paraffin". <T-Gul> is the fuel to use for your Whisperlite or other multi-fuel stove. As a primer (for preheating) you could use a small quantity of <T-Roed>.
Column 2: <Blyfri bensin>, meaning unleaded gas/petrol. Available from the green nozzles at *any* gasstation anywhere in the country. Bil bensin, Teknisk bensin, Ren bensin, Industri bensin mean leadedgas/petrol which you should *not* use in your stove.
Column 3: <Rengoeringsbensin> (where oe actually is an "o" with two dots over like the German o-umlaut), which is a spot-removing liquid bought at pharmacists (Apotek). The other entry is <Industribensin> or industrial gas/petrol, which can be bought at specialized paint shops. Both can be used instead of Coleman Fuel.
Column 4: <T-Roed> which is a brand name for a spirit which is used as fuel for Trangia stoves (and similar) and for cleaning windows (!). <T-Roed> is what the bottles read nowadays. It's actually the same as <T-sprit> and <Roedsprit>, it's only a change in name. When asking for it by name <Roedsprit> would be the best name to use. It is sold in 1-liter plastic bottles (and 5-liter plastic containers if you do a lot of cooking) at gas stations and almost all grocery stores (except for the smallest ones). You might have to ask for it by name at the counter. A tip: <T-Roed> leaves a lot of sooty residue on your pots and the inside of your Trangia (or similar) stove. If you mix it with 10-15 percent plain water you don't get as much soot. Or buy <Metanol> (which is methanol or wood-alcohol) which can be had in paint shops. A 50-50 mixture of <T-Roed> and <Metanol> is the best. Heating as much as the <T-Roed> and leaving as little soot as the <Metanol>.
I
would also like to comment on butane cartridges. The ones available in
When
planning a trip to
|
T-Gul |
SEK 20.00/liter |
|
Unleaded gas |
SEK 7.50/liter |
|
T-Roed/Roedsprit |
SEK 33.00/liter |
|
Metanol |
SEK 40.00/liter |
|
Industribensin *) |
SEK 44.00/liter |
Butane/propane cartridges
|
220 gram |
SEK 49.00 each |
|
450 gram |
SEK 79.00 each |
Which means that the cheapest way to cook would be to bring a Coleman Peak1/MSR or similar stove for unleaded gas along with you. The unleaded gas/petrol is also available everywhere. Fuel for a multi-fuel MSR or Coleman (T-Gul) is also available almost everywhere.
(The most common stove among Swedish backpackers is a methylated spirit burner like the Trangias).
<m88sol@talita.tdb.uu.se.fuel> writes ........(July 1996)
Recently I bought an Optimus 111b which runs on White gas. I had no idea where to get it, but after some searching I found "Kemiskt Ren Bensin" (heptan/heptane) at a paint shop. It was sold in 1 litre (34 SEK/approx. 5 US$) and 5 litre (a bit cheaper), which is much cheaper than at the chemist't.
<wendel@wendel.se.fuel> writes.........(Oct 1996)
Changes
to the info covering
Column 1: Kerosene (100% pure paraffin) is available at most gas stations under the name "Lysfotogen" in plastic 1 liter bottles and 5 liter cans.
Column 4: A new alcohol fuel named "T-br=E4nsle" is available at most gas stations in plastic 1 liter bottles and 5 liter cans. It's an optimized mix of ethanol and methanol that leaves no soot on your pots and burns hotter than previously available alcohol fuel.
<rtp1@midway.uchicago.edu.fuel> writes....(Oct 1998)
A few remarks:
(Kerosene) In my MSR XGK, I have found that T-Gul works, but it is a bit sooty. At most gas stations (e.g. Statoil) you can get something called "T-Blå," or "Statoil Blå" which seems to burn cleaner. "Tändvatska" is charcoal lighter fluid, and is the most sooty of them all. The bigger STF facilities (e.g. Saltoluokta) do well at stocking both alcohol (T-Röd) and kerosene (T-blå), so you can pretty much count on getting off the plane, taking the bus, and buying fuel at one of these places.
<dagstaale.karlsen@cargoscan.com.fuel> writes...(April 1999)
I
have just received some information from optimus in
The anwer was that "Statoil miljø" was the best product commonly available in scandinavien.
Statoil is a major oilcompany here, approxematly of the same size as Shell. Statoil miljø is a product designed as fuel for garden-maschines with a 4-stroke gasoline engine. This product is almost free of benzene and other additives.
This information is not schecked or tested by me, but it seems OK.
<mtkorv@freeler.nl.fuel> writes ...(Feb 2003)
(Information from Optimus)
Heptane
is not so common is
<joel.svedlund@optimus.se.fuel > writes ...(October 2006)
(Updated Information from Optimus)
Comments on Swedish fuel names (numbered by column):
1. “T-Gul” and “Taendvatska” are not very good kerosene stove fuels, especially not in winter time. You can add “Statoil Blå” (or spell it “Bla”) and “Aspen Kaminbraensle”, both are high-grade kerosene fuels.
2. No comments
3. Change last in list to “Statoil miljoe”. Add names “Alkylatbensin” and “Miljoebensin 4-takt”, and of course ”Optimus Arctic Fuel”. If you want to remove one entry for more space, take the “Rengoerings bensin” away. I have not heard of it. “Kemiskt ren bensin” is usually the correct term.
4.
Change ”T-br=E4nsle” to “T-braenlse”. Add “Tenol”.
<olaf@ulaf.uu.ch.fuel> writes........(Dec 1993)
Most supermarkets throughout the country sell kerosene and methanol. White gas is available in chemists and pharmacies (Apotheke, Drogerie), but they might insist on using special bulky glass bottles and will inform you about the danger of the stuff you buy. You better tell them that you know what you're doing and keep a funnel at hand to fill your own fuel bottles outside the shop and return the bottles afterwards. Kerosene and methanol are sold at about twice the price of normal, unleaded gas (bleifrei), whereas white gas sells at about 4 times the price of unleaded.
<Olcbill@aol.com.fuel> writes ............ (Dec 1994)
Two
years ago while camping is
<ar@bluewin.ch.fuel> Aischan Rupp writes...(Dec 1996)
Living
in the German speaking part of
Column 1
"Kerosin": You won't find this in the stores - it's jet fuel
"Petroleum": (or abbreviated Petrol): Used for stoves and laterns. Easy to find in any bigger supermarket or hardware-store (usually in 1 Liter plastic bottles).
"Diesel" (for cars): You find that at most, but not at all gas stations
Column 2
"Bleifreies Benzin" or "Bleifrei": What you get at any gas station. If you want to use such gas for stoves, you should get unleaded gasoline, which is called "Bleifreies Benzin" or simply "Bleifrei". Leaded gas = verbleites Benzin.
Column 3
"Rein-Benzin"
(or "Reinbenzin" or "Benzin gereinigt"): White gas (
"Feuerzeugbenzin": Forget it, it's gas for lighters - quantity is small and the price high.
"Wundbenzin": surgical spirit. Too expensive to burn in stoves...
Column 4
"Brennsprit"
or "Spiritus": (for stoves like the Trangia). You find that at any
bigger store and also in many smaller ones. It's used in spirit burners which
are quite common in Swiss kitchens (ever heard about Swiss cheese fondue or
Raclette?). Usually sold in 1 Liter plastic bottles. I
think the difference to alcohol is just that there's something poisonous added
that you can't drink it (and so it's cheaper - less taxes).
<anuchit@mvlsi.eng.kmitl.ac.th.fuel> writes .....(May 1999)
White
gas/Coleman Fuel: also know as "BENZENE KAOW" or "White
benzene" available from large stationary stores, under the brand name of
"COMFORT(r)" and costs about $
Naphtha: One can also look for bottled cigarette lighter fuel under brand name of "RONSONOL" and costs about $US 0.5 per bottled( 4.5 fl.oZ - 128.5 ml).
Kerosene:
"NAUM MAUN GAS" available everywhere in
Diesel: "Diesel" avaliable from gas stations.
Alcohol: "Alcohol" available from drug store.
Unleaded
gas: "NAUM MAUN REI SARN" available from gas stations.
Paraffin available from some garages. Coleman fuel only from some camping stores. If you ask for white spirit, you will be given "Turpentine substitute" ie. paint thinner.
Meths from hardware stores or from any pharmacy at the prescription counter. It has a coloured dye in it.
<QrizB@hotmail.com.fuel> writes …(Aug 2003)
Paraffin, as well as being available from some garages, is widely available from hardware stores and agricultural suppliers, although often only in 4- or 5-litre plastic cans.
Essentially
all
Coleman fuel is only found in camping stores and is uncommon even there.
If you were to expand your list to include gas cartridges, you might like to mention that C200 and EN417 threaded cartridges are widely available, while "CV" clip-on ones are less so.
<Niel McRae aka the tilley doctor> writes …(Aug 2006)
The UK looks nice and simple but I do have some comments. Coleman fuel is available at camping stores but very expensive. I am in the process of trying to find some stuff called Panel wipe which is a volatile liquid used to wash down and de grease car body panels before applying plastic stickers. I think this is a naphtha very similar to the Wasbenzin the guys in Holland get. I have not yet got a sample to try but I have a Son-in-Law who works in a car body shop so I have some on the way.
Another thought is kerosene. We call it Paraffin here of course although most English people would understand what Kerosene is. Point here is I have used quite a lot of central heating oil in my lamps and it works well. There are two grades of Heating oil sold in the UK and 28 second heating oil is paraffin. The other is much heavier and more like Diesel. 28 second oil is water white with just a hint of an oily smell. Does not smell in a pressure lamp and essentially is just clear paraffin. This is generally only available in bulk to people with oil fired central heating and any I have tried has come either from people with an oil system or from a steam rally where the organizer provided free fuel for the engine guys and I was allowed to fill my cans from the tanker with this stuff.
Neil.
<dnewcomb@whale.st.usm.edu.fuel> writes......(Dec 1993)
"Charcoal lighter" is a clean substitute (for Kerosene) and available in any store.
<damouth@wrc.xerox.com.fuel> writes..... (Jan 1995)
Denatured
alcohol is almost universally available in the
The last alcohol I bought cost $10 for a gallon. As a comparison, Coleman Fuel is about half that price, and unleaded automobile gasoline is currently about $1.10 per gallon.
<bikehiketour@hotmail.com.fuel> writes.... (Nov 1999)
Column
4: In the United States and Canada it is available in Hardware stores as
denatured alcohol, but if you get into more northern states (ie. they have cold
winters) you can use DryGas or gas-line antifreeze which is meths as well and
much cheaper than denatured alcohol. Be sure it is gas-line antifreeze, bottles
will actually say under the poison instructions that it is meths. In
<jelattkebravo@ucdavis.edu.fuel> (John E Lattke) writes.........(Dec 1996)
Here
is my contribution to your fuel FAQ. I'm from
Throughout the country one can obtain "kerosen" (+kerosene, column one) be it in a large supermarket or a small store in a remote area. In small stores one usually has to take your own container. Only once did I have problems with adultered kerosen that caused problems. Once I tried using chopper fuel in my trusty Optimus 111, its called kerosina, worked great!
Regular gasoline,for automotive use, is simply "gasolina", unfortunately it is all leaded.
"Gasolina blanca" is white gasoline, and is what I use for the white gasoline lamps or stuff that needs Coleman Fuel. It is harder to come buy, but one should ask at gasoline stations or if there is a printing shop in the vecinity ask them. It is regularly use for cleaning in such situations. In any case get it while in the big cities or towns as it is unavailable in small towns and rural areas.
Finally methylated spirits is "alcohol para quemar" or "alcohol luz". Not readily obtainable but if you ask around you will eventually get it. Ask for it at drug stores or "farmacias" It is usually sold in its own container but it is a good idea to bring your own as sometimes the container will be a glass bottle with a cork on top.
For
those that use camping gasz, the blue fuel canisters are available in the
cities and some large towns. Look for them in sporting goods stores or hardware
stores (ferreteria). They are expensive and a cheaper, compatible brazilian version may be available. It is also worth asking
for camping fuels in hardware stores as they frequently stock stoves and lamps.
Hope this is of use for anybody wanting to enjoy
<jewitt@aqua.ccwr.ac.za.fuel> writes.........(Dec 1993)
Paraffin at most garages and stores.
Petrol at garages - not reccomended - I'm reluctant to run my car on this stuff!
Benzine at hardware stores - may be difficult to find.
Meths at most hardware stores and chemists and in some other stores.
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