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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 fuel samples from a Fokker D XVII aircraft in Holland.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 27a\4\  Scan196
Date  29th August 1933
  
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To EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}
HIA/AG.29.8.33
Laboratory Report No.L2787

Re: Samples of Fuel as used on Fokker D XVII - K.II.S. in Holland

Sample in Bottle. (brought over by Osborne)
Sample in 2 gallon Can. (Sent direct per F14/JL20733)

Specific Gravity 0.771 0.767
Initial Boiling Point 36°C 43°C
Final Boiling Point 140.5°C 154°C
Total Distillate 98% 97.5%
Residue in Flash 1% 1%
Loss 1% 1.5%

Temperature °C % Distillate
75 11.0 10.0
100 71.0 63.5
125 94.0 91.0
150 97.0

Aromatic Hydrocarbons (by volume) 32% 36%

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