摘要 |
<p>The invention provides a gasoline composition comprising a major amount of a gasoline suitable for use in spark-ignition engines, a minor amount of a polyalphaolefin having a viscosity at 100 DEG C in the range 2 x 10<-><6> to 2 x 10<-><5> m<2>/s (2 to 20 centistokes), being a hydrogenated oligomer containing 18 to 80 carbon atoms derived from at least one alphaolefinic monomer containing from 8 to 16 carbon atoms, and a minor amount of a polyoxyalkylene compound selected from glycols, mono- and diethers thereof, having number average molecular weight (Mn) in the range 400 to 3000, the weight ratio polyalphaolefin: polyoxyalkylene compound being in the range 1:10 to 10:1; a concentrate for the preparation of such gasoline composition and a method of operating a spark-ignition engine using such gasoline composition.</p> |