How do you dilute gasoline?
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If you're doing this to save on fuel economy, you're kind of missing the point.  Your engine needs the same stoichiometric amount of fuel to run, no matter the dilution level.  In other words, your engine will burn the same number of gasoline molecules, whether or not there is water present.
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I know of at least 4 ways.  I think that the distillation or membrane separation are the most practical.\n\n(1)Distillation\nOxygen and nitrogen have different boiling points.\noxygen: 90 K\nnitrogen: 77 K\nIf you cool the mixture to a temperature between the boiling points of each you will be in a two-phase region.  There will be a gas phase rich in nitrogen (because it has a lower boiling point) and a liquid phase rich in oxygen.  A distillation column can be used to separate the phases and collect them in a continuous, pretty efficient process.  I think you have to do something special about the argon in air when you do this (like have more than one separation step, more than one distillation column).\n\n(2)Adsorption\nOxygen and nitrogen gases may adsorb to (stick to) the surfaces of certain compounds (like metal surfaces).  If you make a series of tubes lined with a substance that preferentially adsorbs (for example) oxygen, you will get a gas output that has less oxygen in it.  In a well-designed case, the adsorption is reversible.  Increasing the temperature of the substance will causes the oxygen to leave the solid surface and once again become a gas, giving you a relatively pure oxygen stream.  If the purity is not good enough, you can collect the streams and repeat the process (use a longer tube).  I don't know of an example of an adsorption material off-hand.\n\n(3)Stripping\nStripping is the process of passing a gas through a liquid and may involve chemically removing one of the components of the gas.  If you bubbled air through a liquid that had a chemical in it that reacted with oxygen to form a compound then the gas that reaches the top will be nitrogen-rich.  For example, your blood contains hemoglobin, so that when it is in contact with the air in your lungs the oxygen sticks to the hemoglobin, forming a chemical complex.  This is a lot more effective than limiting yourself to an oxygen supply based on whatever gases can dissolve in your blood. \n\n(4)Membrane Separation\nOxygen and nitrogen have different permeability in membranes.  They can diffuse through solids, but at different rates.  I think oxygen typically has high permeability.  If you pressurize the gas mixture and pass the gases through a bundle of tubes (high surface area is key) then some gas will pass through the tubes axially and some will diffuse through the walls radially.  The stream that passed through the tubes will be richer in nitrogen, since it is less permeable.  The stream that diffused through the walls of the tube will be richer in oxygen, becuase it is more permeable.  Repeat the process to get the desired purity.\n\nAn artificial lung can be made by passing blood through a long set of tubes that have oxygen on the outside of the tubes.  The oxygen diffuses into the blood through the permeable tubes.
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Since sugar is NOT SOLUBLE in gasoline, it won't actually do anything but clog up your fuel filter, possibly damage your fuel pump, and might clog your injectors if it gets that far. \n\nHere is the research that supports this:\n(I quote Snopes.com)\n"Sugar doesn't dissolve in gasoline, as a researcher at Berkeley confirmed in 1994. Forensics professor John Thornton labeled sucrose with radioactive carbon atoms and mixed it with gasoline, then spun the concoction in a centrifuge. After the undissolved particles were removed, the liquid's radiation level was measured to determine how much sucrose had become part of the gasoline. The answer was extremely little: the equivalent of less than a teaspoonful per 15-gallon tank of gas.\n\nBecause sugar doesn't dissolve in automotive fuel, it doesn't carmelize, and so it does not turn into the debilitating gunk..."\n\nI have had my gas tank sugared, and the only problem it caused me was that the truck wouldn't start.  I had to clean the sugar out of my carburetor (it was an old truck) and drain my gas tank. Two hours of messing around and I was back on the road. Sugar is not even very effective for damaging cars, much less improving mileage.\n\nIf you want to improve your gas mileage:\n1. inflate your tires properly (this can add 10-20% to your mileage)\n2. Accelerate slowly- don't be a leadfoot\n3. Stay under the speed limit and drive under 55 mph where possible. If you have a standard transmission try to drive in the highest gear possible at the lowest RPM that your engine operates at effectively. \n4. Ride a bicycle for local trips.  \n\nAnd I suspect your friend is trying to have a laugh at your expense.
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20 grams\ndissolving compounds and then driving of the solvent is a common way to purify a compound. You will not lose any of the compound unless it is reactive with the solvent you dissolve it in. In the case of water and salt they are not reactive so when you drive off the water you will be left with the same amount of salt that you started with.
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Take, say, a standard 2M solution and dilute it by a factor of 20.\n\nThat is, add 19cm3 of water to 1cm3 of 2M HCl.
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add 2 parts HCl 1 part H20 to dilute properly
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The simplest way is to apply a spark to it in a sealed container then allow it to cool. The hydrogen will combust, creating water vapour which will condense out as it cools. Collect the condensate and drink.
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YOU need to get some methelated spirit , pour some in the cup under the wick light it wait a few minutes and then turn the gas tap on It should light first time. " dont forget to pump it up first" PS, IF YOU CANT GET HOLD OF METHS, TRY WHISKEY OR BRANDY.
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Gargle with gasoline?  :)\n\nOkay, seriously.  Try Listerine (the original kind, not the minty ones), and follow it with milk, or baking soda in water.
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use Compact natural gas as fuel.
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Blowing up engine? are we trying to use electrolysis to run an engine?? Try diluting the mixture with something other than oxygen. Or, better yet, just stop and let someone who knows what they are doing give it a whirl. The fact that you are here doesn't give me much faith in your chemical or engineering skills.
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Most would settle to the bottom of the tank and join all the rust that's already there. Carbon and Potassium Nitrate aren't soluble enough in gasoline (and neither is the graphite form of carbon used to polish the granules in commercial gunpower).\n\nHowever, the sulfur would partially dissolve and eventually ruin the car's catalytic converter. It might even lead to a bit of a smelly exhaust for a while.\n\nNow, if you didn't mean gunpowder, but mean nitrocellulose (which is a more common propellant in modern guns), then you could give him a nice octane boost. However, it takes several days to a week for nitrocellulose to dissolve in gasoline (depending on temperature and 'shaking'). So, don't expect much very soon.\n\nI think the thing you are missing here is that gasoline isn't burned in the tank. Only a small, filtered amount is burned in the engine at one time. That's why you get miles per gallon and not gallons per mile.
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Gotta love wiki\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane\n\nclick on each one of the 18 isomers, then you can draw. Basically, you shift a methyl group from carbon 1 on down the line so you don't have a straight hydrocarbon chain.
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Commercially:\n=============\nFractional distillation of liquified air. This method involves:\n\n1. Liquifying air which is mostly Oxygen and Nitrogen\n2. Heating liquid air.\n3. Cooling at different temperatures to collect different gases.\n\nOne of the major bi-products of this method is Nitrogen. \n\nLaboratory:\n===========\nHeating some oxide in presence of a catalyst or electrolysis.
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Basically you need to oxidise ammonia and then  adsorb the gases into water.\n\nSee the site below.
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Drive less. Get a tune up, in general use less gas.
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it burns. Gasoline contains various compounds of carbon (C) and hydrogen (H). When you add oxygen (O) and burn it, chemical reaction results in water H2O (water vapor) and CO2 (carbon dioxide)