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To be certified as Top Tier, a gasoline must pass a series of performance tests that demonstrate specified levels of: 1) deposit control on intake valves; 2) deposit control on fuel injectors; 3) deposit control on combustion chambers; 4) prevention of intake-valve sticking. [4] Gasoline marketers agree when they sign on to Top Tier program ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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]
NP-40 (also known as Tergitol-type NP-40 and nonyl phenoxypolyethoxylethanol [1]) is a commercially available detergent with CAS Registry Number 9016-45-9. NP-40 is an ethoxylated nonylphenol for non-ionic surfactants and can act as emulsifier and demulsifier agent. NP-40 is often used to break open all membranes within a cell, including the ...