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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3348726" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>I was curious of the content of camp fuel, so off to google I went. I'm buying crrcboatz's comments and recommendation as truff. <img src="/images/smilies/bowdown.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bowdown:" title="Bowdown :bowdown:" data-shortname=":bowdown:" /></p><p></p><p>Coleman fuel is used primarily for fueling lanterns and camp stoves. Additionally, it is a popular fuel for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_dancing" target="_blank">fire dancing</a>. Originally, it was simply casing-head gas or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drip_gas" target="_blank">drip gas</a>, which has similar properties. Drip gas was sold commercially at gas stations and hardware stores in North America until the early 1950s. The white gas sold today is a similar product but is produced at refineries and has a very low <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene" target="_blank">benzene</a> content, benzene being a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene#Health_effects" target="_blank">human carcinogen</a>.</p><p></p><p>Coleman fuel is a mixture of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclohexane" target="_blank">cyclohexane</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonane" target="_blank">nonane</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane" target="_blank">octane</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptane" target="_blank">heptane</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentane" target="_blank">pentane</a>.</p><p></p><p>Though Coleman fuel has an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating" target="_blank">octane rating</a> of 50 to 55 and a flammability similar to gasoline, it has none of the additives found in modern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline" target="_blank">gasoline</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3348726, member: 5412"] I was curious of the content of camp fuel, so off to google I went. I'm buying crrcboatz's comments and recommendation as truff. :bowdown: Coleman fuel is used primarily for fueling lanterns and camp stoves. Additionally, it is a popular fuel for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_dancing']fire dancing[/URL]. Originally, it was simply casing-head gas or [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drip_gas']drip gas[/URL], which has similar properties. Drip gas was sold commercially at gas stations and hardware stores in North America until the early 1950s. The white gas sold today is a similar product but is produced at refineries and has a very low [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene']benzene[/URL] content, benzene being a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene#Health_effects']human carcinogen[/URL]. Coleman fuel is a mixture of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclohexane']cyclohexane[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonane']nonane[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane']octane[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptane']heptane[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentane']pentane[/URL]. Though Coleman fuel has an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating']octane rating[/URL] of 50 to 55 and a flammability similar to gasoline, it has none of the additives found in modern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline']gasoline[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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