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2. Jerrycan - Wikipedia

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   A jerrycan or jerrican (also styled jerry can or jerri can) [1] is a fuel container made from pressed steel (and more recently, high density polyethylene). It was designed in Germany in the 1930s for military use to hold 20 litres (4.4 imp gal; 5.3 US gal) of fuel, and saw widespread use by both Germany and the Allies during the Second World War.

3. Fuel container - Wikipedia

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   Various fuel cans in Germany, including red plastic containers and green metal jerrycans. One US gallon (3.79 litres) of gas in an F-style can A group of 25 kg (55 lb) liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders in Malta. A fuel container is a container such as a steel can, bottle, drum, etc. for transporting, storing, and dispensing various fuels.

4. Flimsy - Wikipedia

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   An alternative use for discarded fuel cans was to fill them with sand and use them to reinforce the walls of dugouts. [6] Both 4 gallon flimsies and the original 2 gallon cans were replaced by the jerrycan, copied from the much better German design of fuel container. This happened gradually from late 1940, first from captured stock of German ...

5. Gasoline - Wikipedia

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   Burning E10 produces about 2.119 kilograms per liter (17.68 lb/U.S. gal) of CO 2 that is emitted from the fossil fuel content. If the CO 2 emissions from ethanol combustion are considered, then about 2.271 kilograms per liter (18.95 lb/U.S. gal) of CO 2 are produced when E10 is combusted. [85]

6. Fuel tank - Wikipedia

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   A fuel tank (also called a petrol tank or gas tank) is a safe container for flammable fluids, often gasoline or diesel fuel. Though any storage tank for fuel may be so called, the term is typically applied to part of an engine system in which the fuel is stored and propelled ( fuel pump ) or released (pressurized gas) into an engine .

7. How Many Gallons Of Fuel Does A Container Ship Carry? - AOL

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   Those vessels typically hold between 1.5 million and 2 million gallons of fuel. Many container ships that call on the U.S. now are considered post-Panamax or New Panamax, named so because they are ...