The American English word gasoline denotes fuel for automobiles, which common usage shortened to the terms gas, motor gas, and mogas, and thus differentiated that fuel from avgas (aviation gasoline), which is … See more

Commercial gas is a mixture of a large number of different hydro-carbons. Chemical Gasoline is produced to meet a number of engine performance specifications and … See more

Density
The specific gravity of gasoline ranges from 0.71 to 0.77, with higher densities having a greater … See more

Spark-ignition engines are designed to burn gasoline in a controlled process called deflagration. However, the unburned mixture may autoignite by pressure and heat alone, rather … See more

Toxicity
The safety data sheet for a 2003 Texan unleaded gasoline shows at least 15 hazardous … See more

The first internal combustion engines suitable for use in transportation applications, so-called Otto engines, were developed in Germany during the last quarter of the 19th … See more

Antiknock additives
Tetraethyl lead
Gasoline, when used in high-compression internal combustion … See more