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antiknock::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | antiknocking |
antiknock properties.
antiknock rating.
antiknock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | chemical compound, compound |
| Has types | lead tetraethyl, tetraethyl lead |
Examples of antiknock
antiknock
It goes into antiknock gasoline, linoleum, chocolate candy bars, and helps make fire extinguishers foam.
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The new fuel can be used in any car with a low-compression engine not requiring the antiknock properties of leaded gas.
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The more and more powerful engines required gasolines with higher octane ratings, which is a measure of antiknock properties.
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In 1962, with his two sons, Gottwald bought Ethyl Corp., the world's largest producer of lead antiknock compounds for gasoline.
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Since leaded antiknock compounds accounted for 36% of those sales and a hefty 60% of the profits, Ethyl may have more knocks ahead.
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As a consequence, gasoline often contained several percent benzene before the 1950s, when tetraethyl lead replaced it as the most widely used antiknock additive.
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We are exposed to it through dust and air as well as through water, thanks in part to the tetraethyl lead added to gasoline as an antiknock compound for 80 years.
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- Suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines; "antiknock properties"; "antiknock rating"
- Any of various compounds that are added to gasoline to reduce engine knocking
- Such a substance, usually tetraethyl lead (also MMT, MTBE and ethanol); of an additive added to petroleum/gasoline to reduce the occurrence of engine knock
