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Which of the two has a lower ignition temperature: petrol or kerosene?

Petrol has a lower ignition temperature. Kerosene molecules are larger than petrol molecules and hence don’t mix easily with oxygen present in air. Thus, it has higher ignition temperature than petrol.


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