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oxygenate
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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.
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MECHANISTIC STUDY ON THE DEGRADATION OF GASOLINE OXYGENATES BY ULTRASONIC IRRADIATION.
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Several oxygenates other than ethanol could supplant MTBE as the gasoline additive of choice.
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Other ether-based oxygenates are likely to suffer fates similar to MTBE as they are also under environmental scrutiny.
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