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Liquid fuels are a major energy factor which determines the course of transportation, and the automobile is one of the most important consumers of such fuel. These liquid fuels include diesel oil, gasoline, liquid propane, alcohol (both methyl and ethyl), as well as the less common liquids such as ammonia and hydrazine. Though the boiling point of propane (−42°C) and ammonia (−33°C) are below ambient temperature (in most places), these substances are still classed as liquids because they can be stored as liquids at room temperature (25°C) at the modest pressure of about 10atm.
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MMT, as well as lead, is no longer used as fuel additives in Canada.
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Roussak, O.V., Gesser, H.D. (2012). Liquid Fuels. In: Applied Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4262-2_4
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