180is a fraction obtained from petroleumdistillation, either as a distillate or a residue. Broadly speaking fuel oil isany liquid petroleum product that is burned in a furnace or boiler for thegeneration of heat or used in an engine for the generation of power, exceptoils having a flash point of approximately 40 C (104 F) and oils burned incotton or wool-wick burners. In this sense, diesel is a type of fuel oil. Fueloil is made of long hydrocarbon chains, particularly alkaline, cyclo-alkalineand aromatics. The term fuel oil is also used in a stricter sense to refer onlyto the heaviest commercial fuel that can be obtained from crude oil i.e.heavier than gasoline and naphtha.
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