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From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Laboratory report on the distillation and composition of a Krasnagnarsky Spirit sample.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 43\1\  Scan085
Date  16th March 1925
  
C O P Y.

Laboratory.
H17/EA16.3.25.

Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

c. to Mr. Warwick.

Re. Sample Gallon of Krasnagnarsky Spirit
Submitted today.

Specific gravity 0.690

Distillation :-
Initial boiling point --------- 25ºC
Final boiling point ----------- 90ºC
Total distillate ------------ 98%
Residue ------------------- 1.5%
Loss ---------------------- 0.5%

Temperature ºC % Distillate.
50 10.5
55 21.5
60 37.5
65 55.0
70 72.0
75 86.0
80 94.5
85 96.0

Aromatic Hydro-carbons --------- 21.6 %
Olefines and Di-olefines ------ 3.2 %
Paraffins and Cyclo-paraffins-- 75.2 %

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