I-kerosene, isibaso distilled, ibonisa uluhlu lwecandelo le-distillation ye 180 ukuya 300, ebonisa ukuguquguquka okuphakathi kwepetroli yemoto kunye neoli yedizili ekhanyayo. Ikhululekile kwiikhompawundi ze-hydrocarbon ezinzima.
Indawo yokubilisa ye-kerosene iqala ukusuka 110 ukuya 350 Izidanga zeCelsius, ukuphawula iimpawu zayo ezahlukileyo ze-thermal.