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White spirit (AU, UK and Ireland) [note 1] or mineral spirits (US, Canada), also known as mineral turpentine (AU/NZ/ZA), turpentine substitute, and petroleum spirits, is a petroleum-derived clear liquid used as a common organic solvent in painting. [1] There are also terms for specific kinds of white spirit, including Stoddard solvent and ...
This complicates distinction within the long list of petroleum distillate solvent mixtures: mineral spirits, naphtha, petroleum naptha, white gas, white spirits, turps substitute, mineral turpentine, petroleum ether, ligroin, and Stoddard solvent.
Turpentine (which is also called spirit of turpentine, oil of turpentine, terebenthine, terebenthene, terebinthine and, colloquially, turps) [2] is a fluid obtained by the distillation of resin harvested from living trees, mainly pines. Principally used as a specialized solvent, it is also a source of material for organic syntheses.
As mentioned below (unsigned comment), in Australia, mineral turpentine and white spirit are distinctly different products.--Blouis79 22:55, 30 April 2011 (UTC) In the UK we have a big chain of DIY stores called "B&Q". Typically they have numerous 5-litre containers each of White Spirit and Turps Substitute shelved in close proximity.
I disagree. If the articles are merged, the redirect from mineral spirits would point people to white spirits, and the article says that the US and Canada are the only places that use "mineral spirits." Furthermore, the grade of white spirits is determined by the oil from which they are derived, so indeed white spirits also come from oil.
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At this time, spirits that made at the government distillery were called lao rong, [3] (Thai: เหล้าโรง). [4]: 1270 and the private distilleries that existed everywhere were declared illegal. [citation needed] In 1834, English sources mention that exports of Siam included white spirits distilled from glutinous rice. [5]
White spirit is a petroleum-derived liquid. White spirit may also refer to: White Spirit (band), a heavy metal band from England "The White Spirit", a 2012 Hell on Wheels episode; Baijiu, a Chinese liquor sometimes called white spirit