Brownish gasoline O. K., chemists declare - Journal of Chemical

Brownish gasoline O. K., chemists declare. J. Chem. Educ. , 1928, 5 (10), p 1278. DOI: 10.1021/ed005p1278.1. Publication Date: October 1928. Note: In ...
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Brownish Gasoline 0.K., Chemists Declare. Discoloration in commercial motor gasoline does not necessarily mean poor quality, according t o R. E. Wilson, research chemist of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. B m m tints in the fuel, often plainly apparent t o the customer served fmm modem glass dispensing apparatus, h a v e g o relation t o possible damage which a fuel might do t o a motor. On the contraiy some very corrosive, low-grade gasolines are sparkling, "water-white" liquids. Emphatic protest is voiced by Dr. Wilson against various obsolete tests and specifications which uninformed purchasers often demand of the oil companies, both on gasoline and lubricating ail. These demands, based on old-fashioned petroleum pract i e of a generation ago, are unreasonable, applied t o the new modified motor product$. Specific gra