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The Knock-Rating of Heptine-I

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IN the past few years a large number of pure hydrocarbons have been tested as regards their knock-rating in test engines and it is now possible to compare many pure hydrocarbons that boil in the petrol range as regards their engine performance.

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  1. Oil Engineering and Refining Department, University of Birmingham,

    A. R. BOWEN & A. W. NASH

  2. Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., 83, Albert Embankment, London, S.E.11

    F. H. GARNER

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BOWEN, A., NASH, A. & GARNER, F. The Knock-Rating of Heptine-I. Nature 132, 410–411 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132410b0

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