octane number in English

noun
1
a figure indicating the antiknock properties of a fuel, based on a comparison with a mixture of isooctane and heptane.
In particular, the formation of branched alkanes increases the octane number and combustibility of the resulting hydrocarbon.
noun
    octane rating

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1. Antiknock quality is rated by the octane number of the gasoline.

2. Gasoline additives specially formulated for increasing the octane number of gasoline.

3. Both the octane number and Cetane numbers are performance indicators for fuels

4. Cetane number: A rating for diesel fuel comparable to the octane-number rating for gasoline

5. The octane number of gasoline with the addition of Absolutized ethanol together with the combustion activator (diethyl ether) was …

6. The invention relates to a process for the desulfurization of a gasoline fraction with high recovery of olefins and reduced loss of Research Octane Number (RON).

7. Gasoline having an Antiknock index (average of the research octane rating and the motor octane number) greater than or equal to 85 and less than 88

8. Bioethanol Bioethanol is a high octane number biofuel which is produced from fermentation of corn, potatoes, grain (wheat, barley and rye), sugar beet, sugar cane and vegetable residues

9. 25 Well-tried function of DMC as an additive on gasoline, covering its octane number, oxygen content, calorific value, vapor pressure, distillation range, freezing point, solubility in water etc.

10. Octane number of a fuel is the measure of its Antiknock quality when its used in a spark ignition, internal combustion engine, as compared to the Antiknock quality of Iso-octane (2,2,4-trimethylpentane)

11. Octane number definition, (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

12. Alkylation The alkylation process combines light iso-paraffins, most commonly isobutane, with C 3 –C 4 olefins, to produce a mixture of higher molecular weight iso-paraffins (i.e., Alkylate) as a high-octane number blending component for the gasoline pool.