Petroleum is so common in our day to day lives that it can almost go unnoticed where petroleum may pop up. Some products that contain petroleum are Chewing gum, clothing, dentures, hand cream, lipsticks, toothpaste and so much more even the aspirin you take when you have a headache comes from petroleum. Petroleum is deadly in low concentrations with it only taking 50 grams to kill 50% of a population if ingested in its pure form. All these products are made with a safe amount of petroleum but it is weird why companies decide to use petroleum. For toothpaste and mouthwashes petroleum is used in these products to give it that minty fresh taste that attracts people to the brand.
However petroleum will do anything but make you feel minty fresh it is quite harmful for anyone ingesting it and will be deadly. Some side effects of drinking petroleum will include cancer, respiratory issues as well as problems with your brain function. Petroleum is safe to the touch however and is quite crucial when it comes to things like gasolines and cars or even planes. Petroleum has a low ignition point meaning it is really easy to catch on fire and when it is on fire the petroleum converts itself completely into vapor allowing for petroleum weight to disappear. The loss of weight from petroleum is vital for operations where weight it a critical part of the equation the biggest example being a space ship. Allowing the weight of the fuel to be burned off allows the spaceship to become lighter giving the astronauts inside the best chance to make it to the moon and beyond! Petroleum is finite however but knowing how petroleum works gives us the best chance to find substitutions for this miracle liquid.
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