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Dubbelganger -> RE: Regular Gas mistaken for premium (4/18/2010 7:24:05 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or: The only thing you put in that tank is gasoline, petrol or benzine, which are just different names.
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Not quite. BenzEne is the simplest aromatic hydrocarbon molecule.
" An aromatic hydrocarbon (abbreviated as AH) or arene [1] (or sometimes aryl hydrocarbon)[2] is a hydrocarbon with a conjugated cyclic molecular structure that is much more stable than the hypothetical localized structure. The term 'aromatic' was assigned before the physical mechanism determining aromaticity was discovered, and was derived from the fact that many of the compounds have a sweet scent. The configuration of six carbon atoms in aromatic compounds is known as a benzene ring, after the simplest possible such hydrocarbon, benzene. Aromatic hydrocarbons can be monocyclic or polycyclic." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromatic_hydrocarbon (Mirrison and Boyd was the organic textbook I used at Uni)
"Gasoline (North America) or petrol (outside North America) is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture which is primarily used as a fuel in internal combustion engines. It is also used as a solvent, mainly known for its ability to dilute paints.
It consists mostly of aliphatic hydrocarbons obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, enhanced with iso-octane or the aromatic hydrocarbons toluene and benzene to increase its octane rating. Small quantities of various additives are common, for purposes such as tuning engine performance or reducing harmful exhaust emissions."
(also from Wikipedia)
HK, keeping the record straight.
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