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Label: gas diesel oil

Definition:

Gas/diesel oil is a portion of matter that is primarily a medium distillate distilling between 180 °C and 380 °C. Includes blending components. Several grades are available depending on uses.

Sub classes:

fossil diesel fuel

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Definition:

Diesel fuel is gas diesel oil used on-road for diesel compression ignition (cars, trucks, etc.), usually of low sulphur content.

heating oil

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Definition:

Heating oil is gas diesel oil for industrial and commercial uses, marine diesel and diesel used in rail traffic, other gas oil, including heavy gas oils which distil between 380 °C and 540 °C and which are used as petrochemical feedstocks.

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portion of matter

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Definition:

A portion of matter is an aggregate of material entities that have a state of matter.

Editor note:

Portions of matter describe mass nouns like e.g. water, air and fuel. Mass nouns are uncountable, but portions of these can be quantified, like 1 glass of water, 1 m³ of air or 1 barrel of fuel. For further explanation please refer to: https://github.com/OpenEnergyPlatform/ontology/wiki/Explanation-on-mass-nouns