NACA Technical Notes

Abstract

Note presenting an investigation of the knock ratings of aliphatic hydrocarbons, pure paraffins and olefins prepared in quantities sufficient for engine tests. The report describes the methods of preparation and purification of three pentanes, four hexanes, three heptanes, four octanes, eight nonanes, seven decanes, four hexenes, five octenes, six nonenes, six decenes, and a number of alcohols, ketones, esters, and alkyl halides