Thread: Adding Diesel to gasoline
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Old 12-04-2009, 05:35 PM   #50 (permalink)
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...octane is a figure of merit of the gasolines' resistance to detonation during compression buildup...diesel doesn't have this problem.

...cetane is a figure of merit of diesels' ignition delay, ie: burning-rate under compression.
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