What’s the difference between naphtha and gasoline?
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Could someone explain it in a simple and easy way?
Gasoline is used for cars, and its sulfur content must meet **standards**, while naphtha is used in the chemical industry and has a higher sulfur content.
Naphtha, commonly known as crude gasoline, can also be used in cars if necessary. With further refining, it can become gasoline.
It's not just the difference in sulfur content; there are also differences in composition and octane rating
Naphtha is divided into light fractions and heavy fractions, etc., and is mainly used as a chemical raw material for things such as aromatics, pentane and hexane as blowing agents, etc. Gasoline is mainly used for vehicles. Different fractions require different standards. For example, the control of aromatic content is necessary for heavy oils, while it is required for gasoline for different purposes. Mainly to find out their production standards, objectives, and requirements for control parameters, etc
Crude gasoline has a somewhat unpleasant odor; it is a raw material for ethylene products.
There is no requirement that the sulfur content of naphtha must be higher than that of gasoline. Even if the sulfur content is lower than that of gasoline, if other parameters (such as octane rating, vapor pressure, boiling range, etc.) do not meet the standards specified in GB 17930 \"Motor Gasoline\", it still counts as naphtha.
Naphtha is crude gasoline with a lower octane rating than regular gasoline and a higher sulfur content