On 12 Nov 2008, at 19:46, Ron Jones wrote: > I know nuthin.... IIRC Cetane for diesel is a bit like octane for > petrol. > It's typical that they have to use a very old out of date trivial > name (I've > never heard anyone use it, except in relation to diesel) - almost > as bad as > the petrol one. > 100 Octane refers to 100% of iso-octane, (a very bad trivial name - > iso > usually means one methyl not three) who's real name is > 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane. > Cetane's real name is Hexadecane
Well, with your name you should be able to hold forth on octane ratings at least :-) Baz
