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  2. Caffenol - Wikipedia

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    Caffenol is a photographic alternative process whereby phenols, sodium carbonate and optionally vitamin C are used in aqueous solution as a film and print photographic developer. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Other basic (as opposed to acidic ) chemicals can be used in place of sodium carbonate; however, sodium carbonate is the most common.

  3. Gasoline pill - Wikipedia

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    Based on the above equation, a pill that turns a kilogram of water into gasoline would need to contain 592.60 grams of carbon. The claims discussed here do not address the source of carbon needed to make up the balance , and instead propose that just a small amount of X would suffice, which is impossible due to conservation of mass .

  4. Instant coffee - Wikipedia

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    Instant coffee in a concentrated liquid form, as a beverage, is also manufactured. Advantages of instant coffee include speed of preparation (instant coffee dissolves quickly in hot water), lower shipping weight and volume than beans or ground coffee (to prepare the same amount of beverage), and long shelf life —though instant coffee can ...

  5. History of gasoline - Wikipedia

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    The refining industry could not concentrate on large capacity conversion processes for so many grades and a solution had to be found. By 1941, principally through the efforts of the Cooperative Fuel Research Committee, the number of grades for aviation fuels was reduced to three: 73, 91, and 100 octane. [39]

  6. Gasoline - Wikipedia

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    Gasoline should ideally be stored in an airtight container (to prevent oxidation or water vapor mixing in with the gas) that can withstand the vapor pressure of the gasoline without venting (to prevent the loss of the more volatile fractions) at a stable cool temperature (to reduce the excess pressure from liquid expansion and to reduce the ...

  7. George Washington (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    After arriving in the New York area, Washington founded a company producing kerosene gas mantles. [1] At this time, they lived in New Brighton on Staten Island, but his company, George Washington Lighting Company, was based in nearby Jersey City. This business was abandoned with the maturation of incandescent light bulb technology. [3]

  8. James Young (chemist) - Wikipedia

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    James Young was born in Shuttle Street in the Drygate area of Glasgow, [1] the son of John Young, a cabinetmaker and joiner, and his wife Jean Wilson.. He became his father's apprentice at an early age, but educated himself at night school, attending evening classes in Chemistry at the nearby Anderson's College (now Strathclyde University) from the age of 19.

  9. History of the petroleum industry - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known gas wells were drilled in China in AD 347 or earlier. They had depths of up to about 800 feet (240 m) and were drilled using bits attached to bamboo poles. [10] [11] [12] The gas was burned to evaporate brine and produce salt. By the tenth century, extensive bamboo pipelines connected gas wells with salt springs. The ancient ...