Palafini, mafuta osungunuka, amawonetsa chigawo cha distillation cha 180 ku 300, zokhala ndi kusakhazikika kwapakatikati kwa mafuta agalimoto ndi mafuta a dizilo opepuka. Ndiwopanda mankhwala olemera a hydrocarbon.
Palafini wowira poyambira 110 ku 350 madigiri Celsius, kuzindikiritsa mawonekedwe ake apadera amatenthedwe.