Avgas
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avgas-175-718809
title:
Avgas
text:
Avgas is an aviation fuel used in aircraft with spark-ignited internal combustion engines. Avgas is distinguished from conventional gasoline (petrol) used in motor vehicles, which is termed mogas in an aviation context. Unlike motor gasoline, which has been formulated without lead since the 1970s to allow the use of catalytic converters for pollution reduction, the most commonly used grades of avgas still contain tetraethyl lead, a toxic lead containing additive used to aid in lubrication of the
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Aviation fuel
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avgas
date created:
2003-03-03T03:04:18Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T02:54:50Z
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13
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