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From: jimp on 9 Aug 2010 17:13
David <oswald_eppers(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 5, 1:23 pm, j...(a)specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> In sci.physics David <oswald_epp...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> > On Jun 9, 4:11 pm, david.bostw...(a)chemistry.gatech.edu (David
>> > Bostwick) wrote:
>> >> In article <wildbilly-A336DD.09490509062...(a)c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>, Billy <wildbi...(a)withouta.net> wrote:
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>> >> >In article <huj38u$bs...(a)news-int.gatech.edu>,
>> >> > david.bostw...(a)chemistry.gatech.edu (David Bostwick) wrote:
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>> >> >> In article
>> >> >> <1682786e-7ea7-4cc6-b356-c8fa38eae...(a)s41g2000vba.googlegroups.com>,
>> >> >> Archimedes Plutonium <plutonium.archime...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>  [...]
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>> >> >> >I don't want an answer from a group of sentimentalists. I want a
>> >> >> >proper scientific
>> >> >> >accounting.
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>> >> >> Hah.  You want someone to validate your opinions, which can't be done because
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>> >> >> they're 100% screwball.  You want others to do the experiments, which you
>> >> >> then
>> >> >> ignore or disparage because they don't match your opinions.
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>> >> >He gave two citations. You just asked the wrong question. You want to
>> >> >know about the piston rings and the piston cylinder, and what happens
>> >> >when an abrasive substance is rubbed between them (loss of compression
>> >> >and huge repair bills, if the polar substance can find its way to the
>> >> >compression chamber).
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>> >> No, he wants, A) validation of his opinion, regardless of facts, or B) someone
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>> > do you like caramel candies? The process of caramelization consists of
>> > heating sugar slowly to around 170 °C (340 °F). As the sugar melts,
>> > the molecules break down and re-form into compounds with a
>> > characteristic color and flavor. This is what happens in your car
>> > engine in the presence of sugar. You are producing caramel candies in
>> > your engine :-)
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>> > David
>> >www.2ajobguide.com
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>> Sugar is not soluable in gasoline, so how would it get past all the filters
>> to get into the engine in the first place?
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>> --
>> Jim Pennino
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> Is that really true? Gasoline contains polar substances like MTBK and
> in many countries also alcohols which are able to solubilize sucrose
> molecules (In the US, in several states, ethanol is added by law to a
> minimum level which is currently 5.9%). I guess, you don't need a high
> concentration of sugar in your gasoline in order to obtain a gradual
> caramelization effect that can ruine the engine...
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> Somebody knows about a real study of sucrose solubility in commercial
> gasoline? I checked in google but couldn't find any data....
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> David
> www.2ajobguide.com

Neither sugar nor gasoline is all that hard to find to do the experiment
yourself to see how soluable it is.

A google search for sugar gasoline turns up lots of links.

You might try reading this:

http://www.snopes.com/autos/grace/sugar.asp


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Jim Pennino

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