"number" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The higher the octane number, the more compression the fuel can withstand before detonating.
- In contrast, fuels with lower octane numbers (but higher cetane numbers) are ideal for diesel engines.
- Use of gasoline with lower octane numbers may lead to the problem of engine knocking.
- Because some fuels are more knock-resistant than iso-octane, the definition has been extended to allow for octane numbers greater than 100.
- Where the octane number is raised by blending in ethanol, energy content per volume is reduced.
- The octane number is an empirical measure of the resistance of gasoline to combusting prematurely, known as knocking.
- Gasoline is graded by octane number, which rates its resistance to premature ignition, or engine knocking.
- The octane number on gasoline is a measure of the gasoline's tendency to cause "knocking" in the engine.
- Because it has a high octane number, it is an important component of gasoline, composing a few percent of its mass.
- Both of these processes raise the octane number of the substance.
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