(1) To avoid having sodium react with oxygen or water vapor in the air, it is usually stored under kerosene, naphtha , or some other organic liquid with which it does not react.

(2) Use a good grade of naphtha , isopropyl alcohol, or butyl cellosolve on polycarbonate domes.

(3) The temblor and subsequent aftershocks are believed to have dislodged the cover of the tank, which was filled with 26,000 kiloliters of naphtha - a highly flammable petroleum byproduct.

(4) They are, however, susceptible to shrinkage from exposure to solvents containing naphtha or turpentine.

(5) Hancock and Charles Macintosh solved that problem in the early 1820s by dissolving rubber in naphtha instead.