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Top Tier Detergent Gasoline. Top Tier Detergent Gasoline and Top Tier Diesel Fuel are performance specifications and trademarks designed and supported by several automakers. [1] BMW, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford, Acura / Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Navistar, Audi, and Volvo support the gasoline standard, while ...
Techron. Techron is a patented fuel additive developed by Chevron Corporation and sold in its fuel operations (including Texaco and Caltex). It contains a polyether amine-based detergent, which is purported to dissolve deposits in automotive engines and prevent them from building up. Chevron released Techron as an additive in 1981, and began ...
Fuel additives in the United States are regulated under section 211 of the Clean Air Act (as amended in January 1995). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires the registration of all fuel additives which are commercially distributed for use in highway motor vehicles in the United States, [8] and may require testing and ban harmful additives.
Dry cleaning is any cleaning process for clothing and textiles using a solvent other than water. Clothes are instead soaked in a water-free liquid solvent (usually non-polar, as opposed to water which is a polar solvent). Perchloroethylene (known in the industry as "perc") is the most commonly used solvent, although alternative solvents such as ...
Procter & Gamble (United States, Canada and Latin America and Caribbean) Website. www.joysuds.com. Joy is an American brand of dishwashing liquid detergent owned by JoySuds, LLC. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The brand was introduced in the United States in 1949 by Procter & Gamble. [ 3 ] In 2019, Procter & Gamble sold the rights to the Joy brand for the Americas ...
An octane rating, or octane number, is a standard measure of a fuel's ability to withstand compressionin an internal combustion enginewithout causing engine knocking. The higher the octane number, the more compression the fuel can withstand before detonating. Octane rating does not relate directly to the power output or the energy content of ...
Detergents. A detergent is a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants with cleansing properties when in dilute solutions. [1] There are a large variety of detergents, a common family being the alkylbenzene sulfonates, which are soap-like compounds that are more soluble in hard water, because the polar sulfonate (of detergents) is less likely than the polar carboxylate (of soap) to bind to ...
Wheel (detergent) Wheel is a brand of laundry soap and detergent owned by Unilever. The brand was introduced in the Philippines in 1952 as a laundry soap by Philippine Refining Company (now Unilever Philippines). The brand was introduced in India in 1985 as a laundry detergent by Hindustan Unilever Limited. [1]