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SGE
Author of the description
Fenyvesi Éva
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| Refined petroleum distillate, normally boiling within the limits of 30-210°C, which, combined with certain additives, earlier with organic tin compounds, such as tintetraethyl, nowadays with e.g. methyl-terc.-butyl-ether (MTBE), is used as fuel for spark-ignition engines. By extension, the term is also applied to other products that boil within this range. The soil at the fuel stations gets often contaminated with gasoline. The low boiling components are evaporating while those of higher boiling temperature remain in the soil till biodegraded by the microflora. | ||||
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Petroleum glossary
SGE chromatograms (www.sge.com)