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POLYMER GASOLINE [2 records]

Record 1 2019-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrochemistry
DEF

A high-octane gasoline made by the polymerization of light olefins.

CONT

The typical refinery product was known "polymer gasoline" or "poly gasoline" even though in reality it consisted mostly of fairly simple dimers and trimers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie du pétrole
CONT

S'il est dimérisé ou alkylé, le propène est utilisé pour produire de l'essence polymère pour les mélanges d'essence ...

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-07-04

English

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

Any of the stocks used to make commercial gasoline.

OBS

These include : natural gasoline, straight run gasoline, cracked gasoline, polymer gasoline, alkylate, and aromatics.

Key term(s)
  • blend stock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits blancs (Pétrole)
DEF

Matière première de l'essence.

CONT

L'essence pour auto [...] est un mélange de «bases», obtenues chacune par un procédé différent : distillation directe du pétrole brut, transformation d'un produit plus lourd par cracking ou reforming, synthèse à partir de gaz de raffinerie par polymérisation ou alkylation.

CONT

[...] les carburants du commerce sont obtenus par mélange de deux ou plusieurs essences de base ayant des indices d'octane et des structures chimiques différentes.

Spanish

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