Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 17, Number 2, DeMotte, Jasper County, 29 November 1946 — Better Octane [ARTICLE]

Better Octane

In recent years, methods have been devglopd for converting poor octane material, or at least part of it, into material of better octane number. This is a kind of magic which involves shifting the carbon atoms around within the molecule to obtain a structure which has better burning characteristics, and therefore better octane number.