Originally Posted by af895
So, how come I have a bunch of "paraffin" tea-light candles here (clearly a solid at room temperature) and a drum of kerosene in my garage used for the emergency space heater?
Aviation diesel fuel is basically high-grade kerosene. I don't really feel good about trying to fill my plane with tea-lights though...
Hey I'm no scientist! so I can't tell you why that paraffin is solid and kerosene is liquid, but at one time kerosene was the same word used for wax, that's why the Greek word for wax was keros, how all that got switched around in the slushing of languages over the last 2,000+ years is beyond me!
If you fill your plane with tea-lights just think how tranquil that will be!