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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 ...
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.
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.
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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.
Stoddard solvent is considered to be a form of mineral spirits, white spirits, and naphtha; however, not all forms of mineral spirits, white spirits, and naphtha are considered to be Stoddard solvent (ATSDR 1995b). Stoddard solvent consists of 30-50% linear and branched alkanes, 30-40% cycloalkanes, and 10-20% aromatic hydrocarbons.