What is gasoline?

#143

For many of us, gasoline is just another everyday thing. It's essential, but we don't give it much thought. But how does it work? What is it made up of? Why are there different "grades" or "types" of gasoline? Let's start it up.

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References from this episode

1. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/industry/industry-matters/mark-e-jones/get-the-lead-out.html
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6AdX-bdDaw
3. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2012/august/fueling-the-future-with-renewable-gasoline-and-diesel.html
4. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/gasoline/octane-in-depth.php
5. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/gasoline/where-our-gasoline-comes-from.php
6. https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/archive/2016/160330/includes/analysis_print.php
7. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21086970/#:~:text=Branched%20alkane%20hydrocarbons%20are%20thermodynamically,in%20alkane%20bond%20separation%20energies.
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