antiknock quality

  • 1gasoline engine — Most widely used form of internal combustion engine, found in most automobiles and many other vehicles. Gasoline engines vary significantly in size, weight per unit of power generated, and arrangement of components. The principal type is the… …

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  • 2automobile — automobilist /aw teuh meuh bee list, moh bi list/, n. /aw teuh meuh beel , aw teuh meuh beel , aw teuh moh beel, beuhl/, n. 1. a passenger vehicle designed for operation on ordinary roads and typically having four wheels and a gasoline or diesel… …

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  • 3octane number — (of gasoline) a designation of antiknock quality, numerically equal to the percentage of isooctane by volume in a mixture of isooctane and normal heptane that matches the given gasoline in antiknock characteristics. Also called octane rating.… …

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  • 4octane number — oc′tane num ber n. chem. a designation of antiknock quality of gasoline, numerically equal to the percentage of isooctane by volume in a mixture of isooctane and normal heptane that matches the given gasoline in antiknock characteristics. Also… …

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  • 5octane number — /ˈɒkteɪn nʌmbə/ (say oktayn numbuh) noun (of a grade of petrol) a designation of antiknock quality, numerically equal to the percentage of iso octane by volume in a mixture of iso octane and normal heptane that matches the given grade of petrol… …

  • 6transition element — Chem. any element in any of the series of elements with atomic numbers 21 29, 39 47, 57 79, and 89 107, that in a given inner orbital has less than a full quota of electrons. Also called transition metal. [1920 25] * * * Any chemical element with …

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  • 7catalytic reforming — A catalytic process to improve the antiknock quality of low grade naphthas and virgin gasolines by the conversion of naphthenes and paraffins into higher octane aromatics such as benzene, toluene and xylenes …

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  • 8octane number — 1. A measure of petrol s resistance to pre ignition or pinking , which is the sound made by an engine when pre ignition occurs, particularly at low revs and high load. Two measures are used, for low speed and high speed pre ignition. ULSP in the… …

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  • 9антидетонационная стойкость (топлива) — — [http://slovarionline.ru/anglo russkiy slovar neftegazovoy promyishlennosti/] Тематики нефтегазовая промышленность EN antiknock quality …

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  • 10Tetra-ethyl lead — Chembox new Name = Tetra ethyl lead ImageFile = Tera ethyl lead chemical.png IUPACName = tetraethyllead, tetraethylplumbane OtherNames = TEL; lead tetraethyl; tetra ethyl lead Section1 = Chembox Identifiers SMILES = CC [Pb] (CC)(CC)CC CASNo = 78… …

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