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GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE [7 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2014-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biomass Energy
  • Compartment - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
CONT

E10 is 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent unleaded gasoline. This 10 percent ethanol blend is covered under warranty for every make and every model of automobile produced by every automobile manufacturer that sells vehicles in the U. S. Many even recommend its use because of its high octane and superior performance characteristics.

OBS

Ethanol is an oxygenate, meaning it adds valuable oxygen to the gasoline. More oxygen in a fuel allows it to burn more completely and cleanly. Ethanol is 35 percent oxygen by weight, so a 10 percent ethanol blend produces gasoline with 3.5 percent oxygen.

OBS

10% ethanol blend; E-10: term and abbreviation used at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie de la biomasse
  • Tiroir - Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
DEF

[Mélange] composé de 10 % d'éthanol et de 90 % d'essence sans plomb.

OBS

mélange essence-éthanol 10 p. 100; E-10 : terme et abréviation en usage à Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Transport
  • Personnel Management (General)
CONT

Business automobile mileage allowance Canada only... Employees using their private automobile to conduct company business, regardless of category of employees, may claim 18¢ per mile. This allowance now includes the excise gasoline tax rebate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport routier
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
CONT

Indemnité de millage pour déplacement de service en voiture - Canada seulement [...] Les employés de toute catégorie reçoivent une indemnité de millage de 18c le mille qui comprend maintenant la remise de la taxe d'accise sur l'essence.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fueling Systems (Motor Vehicles)
OBS

Methanol alcohol is used as a winter treatment for automobile gasoline-so called "fuel line antifreeze". Actually, it's not an antifreeze at all in the sense that it doesn’t prevent the water in your gas tank from freezing. Since water won’t mix with gasoline and rolls around on the bottom of your tank it freezes in winter. If it gets in your fuel line it will cause fuel line freeze-ups. Water dissolves in alcohol, and alcohol dissolves in gasoline and it is in this way that your tank is purged of water.

Key term(s)
  • fuel line anti-freeze
  • gas line anti-freeze

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation (Véhicules automobiles)

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • White Products (Petroleum)
  • Gasoline Motors
DEF

Gasoline with or without additives, notably antiknock agents and inhibitors, for use as a fuel in automobile, stationary and other spark-ignition engines, except aircraft engines. [Definition standardized by ISO. ]

OBS

gas: Any aeriform liquid other than atmospheric air, such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane and antural gas. Gasoline is commonly, but improperly, referred to simply as "gas."

OBS

motor gasoline: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits blancs (Pétrole)
  • Moteurs à essence
DEF

Essence avec ou sans additifs, en particulier agents antidétonants et inhibiteurs, destinée à être utilisée comme carburant pour automobiles, moteurs fixes et autres moteurs à allumage commandé, à l'exception des moteurs d'avion. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO].

OBS

essence automobile : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Key term(s)
  • essence pour automobile

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos blancos (Petróleo)
  • Motores de gasolina
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Record 5 2001-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrochemistry
  • Pollutants
CONT

Hydrocarbons are emitted in automobile exhaust gas and comprise a complex mixture of chemicals. Included in the mix are such low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons as methane, ethane and ethylene which are present in gasoline itself. The mixture may also contain benzene, a chemical which can exert direct adverse health effects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie du pétrole
  • Agents de pollution

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
CONT

On 16 May 1984, Environment Canada promulgated new regulations to reduce the lead content of gasoline. The regulations will become effective on 1 January 1987 and will reduce the lead content from 0. 77 grams per litre(g/l) to 0. 29 g/l, effecting an almost 80% reduction in automobile lead emissions from 1972 levels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pollutants
CONT

Office of Environmental Affairs... Current activity focuses on acid rain, lead in gasoline, automobile emissions, carbon dioxide and climate change...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agents de pollution
CONT

... les émissions de gaz d'échappement donnent lieu, dans le monde entier, à des règlements de plus en plus sévères, portant sur la teneur en oxyde de carbone (Co), en hydrocarbures imbrûlés et en oxydes d'azote NO, auxquels viennent s'ajouter les sulfates.

Spanish

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