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- noun chemistry any
isomer ofoctane except thenormal ,straight -chain one; especially 2,2,4-trimethylpentane
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It was the hydrogenation process of producing synthetic gasoline and iso-octane properties in gasoline that enabled Germany to go to war in 1940 and this hydrogenation process was developed and financed by the Standard
Whatever Happened to Nazi Synthetic Gas and Oil Technology? Scarcity Scams Examined 2009
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Neste Oil first announced the divestment of its holding in the iso-octane plant on 8 December 2011.
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Press release 20 January 2012 at 8.30 am EET The competition authorities in the US and Canada have approved the sale of Neste Oil's 50% holding in an iso-octane production plant in Edmonton, Canada to Canadian-based Keyera Corporation.
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It was the hydrogenation process of producing synthetic gasoline and iso-octane properties in gasoline that enabled G.rmany to go to war in 1940 and this hydrogenation process was developed and financed by the Standard Oil laboratories in the United States in partnership with I.G. Farben .....
OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion 2009
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