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No. 2 fuel oil (heating oil)

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-001454

A distillate fuel oil that has distillation temperatures of 400 degrees Fahrenheit at the 10-percent recovery point and 640 degrees Fahrenheit at the 90-percent recovery point and meets the specifications defined in ASTM Specification D 396. It is used in atomizing type burners for domestic heating or for moderate capacity commercial/industrial burner units. See No. 2 Distillate.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-001454
FieldEnergy
SubjectPetroleum
ReferencesEIA Glossary
See alsoNo. 2 distillate
Record as JSON
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  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "A distillate fuel oil that has distillation temperatures of 400 degrees Fahrenheit at the 10-percent recovery point and 640 degrees Fahrenheit at the 90-percent recovery point and meets the specifications defined in ASTM Specification D 396. It is used in atomizing type burners for domestic heating or for moderate capacity commercial/industrial burner units. See No. 2 Distillate.",
  "subject": "Petroleum",
  "see_also": [
    "No. 2 distillate"
  ],
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
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  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/no-2-fuel-oil-heating-oil/"
}

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