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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).
Graph of fuel tests showing the distillation curves and chemical analysis for Pynol and Shell No. 1 fuels.

Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\J\May1923\  Scan66
Date  24th May 1923 guessed
  
FUEL TESTS
DISTILLATION CURVE FOR PYNOL
S.G. .804
BOILING PT. 91°C.
FIRST DISTILLATE OVER AT 73°C.
ANALYSIS OF PYNOL
OLEFINS & DI-OLEFINS 18.8%
AROMATIC HYDRO-CARBONS 72.0%
PARIFFINS & CYCLO PARIFFINS 9.2%
ANALYSIS OF SHELL
OLEFINS & DI-OLEFINS 4.2%
AROMATIC HYDRO-CARBONS 20.8%
PARIFFINS & CYCLO PARIFFINS 75.0%
% DISTILLATE
TEMP °C
PYNOL
SHELL N°. 1.
  
  


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