Not exact matches
Ethanol, an alcohol that can be made from corn, is now widely used as a gasoline additive due to its oxygen content and
octane rating, or antiknock index.
E85 is 85 %
ethanol and 15 % gasoline fuel blend that carries an
octane rating of 105 PO...
Currently,
ethanol is blended into a gasoline blendstock formulated with lower
octane rating... Read more →
Using higher volume blends of
ethanol to leverage the alcohol's inherent high
octane rating to produce
ethanol - gasoline blends with higher
octane numbers could yield «substantial societal benefits», according to a team of researchers from Ford Motor Company.
stevepostrel — and what's wrong with a 10 % blending
rate of
ethanol for
octane and oxygenate requirements?
Ethanol has a much higher
octane rating (about 109) than gasoline.
Refiners usually blend
ethanol with gasoline to help boost its
octane rating — most gasoline in the U.S. contains up to 10 %
ethanol.