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Old 11-05-2014, 11:27 AM   #8 (permalink)
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they did post a link to their independent 3rd party "science" here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xllzswp0ue...41534.pdf?dl=0

I looked through the Intertek report. a couple of things stand out:
1.) Its unclear if the fuel that was run through the chromatographic tests was passed through the catalyst multiple times or just once as would happen in a real world application. This is not specifically called out in the test data.
2.) It is hard to determine which pass is the control and which one(s) are the test(s). I am assuming "Stock Sample" listed at the end of the report is supposed to be the control?
3.) The Research Octane Numbers and their Contributions to Total do not match up in any of the tests. They look to be off by +/- a point.
If your catalyst modifies these C13 hydrocarbons, what hydrocarbon does it modify it to? None of the other C1-12 hydrocarbons increase in any of the tests versus what I assume is the control.

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