Frontier9
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NAPHTA & NAPHTALENE
What are the differences between NAPHTA and NAPHTALENE, chemically and in what they are used for?
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not_important
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Ur - a Web search didn't tell you?
Naphtha is a mix of lighter hydrocarbons, usually expressed as having some range of boiling points. Mainly used as solvents
Naphthalene is a specific aromatic hydrocarbon.
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jokull
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Naphthalene is used as the main raw material for mothballs
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leu
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Naptha and napthalene are both derived from crude petroleum, but napthalene is a polycyclic aromatic compound, while naptha can be numerous different
mixtures of aliphatic and/or aromatic hydrocarbons 
Chemistry is our Covalent Bond
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