Hydrocarbons
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Definitions
Compounds composed of hydrogen and carbon, emitted by vehicles as unburned fuel, contributing to air pollution.
Gerry community context
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- Re: Fail air are
Historical mailing list · Sun, 2 Mar 2014 20:07:18 -0800
Dennis Actually the hydrocarbons were very high at the Idle test (1025) but below the maximum allowable for the driving test (73.00)... As...
- Re: Gas prices
Historical mailing list · Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:17:35 -0800
...A 2002 article in a prestigious journal described how Russian scientists were able to produce hydrocarbons from elements present in the center of the...
- Re: Help Educate Me
Historical mailing list · Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:44:06 -0700
. The simplest cats only deal with mice I mean hydrocarbons, Mine does birds and lizards, too. Must be a GL model. Karl Wolz
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