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  2. List of gasoline additives - Wikipedia

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    This type of additive is a detergent additive that acts as a cleansing agent in small passages in the carburetor or fuel injectors. This in turn serves to ensure a consistent air and fuel mixture that will contribute to better gas mileage .

  3. Techron - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Top Tier Detergent Gasoline - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Gasoline - Wikipedia

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    Gasoline can be released into the Earth's environment as an uncombusted liquid fuel, as a flammable liquid, or as a vapor by way of leakages occurring during its production, handling, transport and delivery. [4] Gasoline contains known carcinogens, [5] [6] [7] and gasoline exhaust is a health risk. [8]

  6. Comet (cleanser) - Wikipedia

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    Comet is an American brand of scouring powders and other household cleaning products manufactured by KIK Custom Products Inc. The brand was introduced in 1956 by Procter & Gamble (P&G) and sold to Prestige Brands in 2001. [1] In 2018, Prestige Brands sold the Comet brand to KIK Custom Products Inc. [2][3] P&G retained the rights to market the ...

  7. Dry cleaning - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Laundry detergent - Wikipedia

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    Liquid laundry detergents in a Chinese supermarket, April 2020. Laundry detergent is a type of detergent (cleaning agent) used for cleaning dirty laundry (clothes). Laundry detergent is manufactured in powder (washing powder) and liquid form. While powdered and liquid detergents hold roughly equal share of the worldwide laundry detergent market ...

  9. Disinfectant - Wikipedia

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    Disinfectant. Disinfection of a floor using disinfectant liquid applied using a mop. Levels of resistance of microbes to disinfectants. A disinfectant is a chemical substance or compound used to inactivate or destroy microorganisms on inert surfaces. [1] Disinfection does not necessarily kill all microorganisms, especially resistant bacterial ...