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Re: Thermodynamics of the IC engine
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 10/4/2002 2 Replies

Great post,

Gasoline is a blend of different hydrocarbon compounds. The closest actual compound is C6H14, but the average of the actual blend is C8H17.

Perfect combustion would be represented by 4 C8H17 "molecules" bonding with 33 O2 molecules to form 32 C... Login to read more.

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