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oxygenate [′äk·sə·jə‚nāt] (chemistry) To treat, infuse, or combine with oxygen. (materials) An oxygen-containing compound, such as an alcohol or an ether, used as an additive to gasoline to improve octane rating or antiknock characteristics. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| which refines and markets premium, environmentally friendly products, including reformulated gasoline, low-sulfur diesel fuel, and oxygenated fuel. You don't have to be the sharpest pencil in the drawer to realize that as long as state and federal officials continue to support the idea that California's unique oxygenated fuel blend is environmentally friendly, a point argued by petroleum chemists as fallacious, no matter what the price of gasoline is nationwide, California's consumers will continue to be gouged 30 cents per gallon above the national average - the cost of refining and blending the distinctive chemical mixture. More specifically, as the United Soybean Board puts it, "Biodiesel is a mono-alkyl oxygenated fuel made from soybean or other vegetable oils or animal fats. |
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