Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Octane Number or Rating

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Iso-Octane / 2,2,4 trimethyl pentane(Upper)  Octane no. 100 and  n-heptane (Lower) Octane no. O    


 Octane number rating of a gasoline is the percentage of iso-octane in a mixture of iso-octane and n-heptane, which matches the fuel under test in knocking characteristics.
Greater the octane number , greater the anti-knocking property of fuel.

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