What is gasoline?

Chemistry For Your Life

#143

For many of us, gasoline is just another everyday thing. It's essential, but we don't give it much thought. But how does it work? What is it made up of? Why are there different "grades" or "types" of gasoline? Let's start it up.

goode.coffee

How to start a podcast. <- Check this out if you've got a podcast idea you want to make happen!

References from this episode

1. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/industry/industry-matters/mark-e-jones/get-the-lead-out.html
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6AdX-bdDaw
3. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2012/august/fueling-the-future-with-renewable-gasoline-and-diesel.html
4. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/gasoline/octane-in-depth.php
5. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/gasoline/where-our-gasoline-comes-from.php
6. https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/archive/2016/160330/includes/analysis_print.php
7. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21086970/#:~:text=Branched%20alkane%20hydrocarbons%20are%20thermodynamically,in%20alkane%20bond%20separation%20energies.
8. Solomons Organic Chemistry 11th Edition
   
   

Find us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @ChemForYourLife.
Email us at [e-mail]
And check out our chill, simple little website at https://chemforyourlife.transistor.fm/
And seriously, we love using Transistor. Check it out to be sure your podcast makes a bang.

Thanks to our monthly supporters

• Ciara Linville
• J0HNTR0Y
• Jeannette Napoleon
• Cullyn R
• Erica Bee
• Elizabeth P
• Sarah Moar
• Rachel Reina
• Letila
• Katrina Barnum-Huckins
• Suzanne Phillips
• Nelly Silva
• Venus Rebholz
• Lyn Stubblefield
• Jacob Taber
• Brian Kimball
• Emerson Woodhall
• Kristina Gotfredsen
• Timothy Parker
• Steven Boyles
• Chris Skupien
• Chelsea B
• Bri McAllister
• Avishai Barnoy
• Hunter Reardon

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★