- benzene: a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly inflammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds
- Petroleum ether, also known as benzine, VM&P Naphtha, Petroleum Naphtha, Naphtha ASTM, Petroleum Spirits, X4 or Ligroin, is a group of various volatile, highly flammable, liquid hydrocarbon mixtures used chiefly as nonpolar solvents.
- benzene; any flammable petroleum distillate used as a solvent or fuel
- Often used as a lacquer dilutent. Highly volatile and a fire hazard in shipping and storing.
- Basic aromatic petrochemical raw material used in the production of nylon 6 polymer from which nylon fiber is spun.