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The 19 pages that link to Octane rating, each with the reason it gives.

• HydrocarbonRelated: Gasoline performance depends partly on the structures of its hydrocarbon components.

• GasolineRelated: Gasoline blends are rated for their ability to resist knock under compression.

• Spark-ignition engineRelated: Higher knock resistance permits more compression or advanced ignition timing.

• Fluid catalytic crackingRelated: Cracking changes gasoline composition, while octane rating gauges its antiknock quality.

• Engine knockingRelated: Higher octane fuels resist end-gas autoignition under demanding conditions.

• Ethanol fuelRelated: Ethanol's high octane rating can improve knock resistance in gasoline blends.

• Aviation fuelRelated: Aviation gasoline needs suitable knock resistance for high-compression piston engines.

• Thomas Midgley Jr.Related: Lead additives increased fuel’s resistance to knocking, improving performance in engines.

• Piston engineRelated: Fuel's knock resistance constrains compression and ignition choices in gasoline piston engines.

• Methyl tert-butyl etherRelated: MTBE raises gasoline’s octane rating and helps prevent knock.

• TetraethylleadRelated: Adding tetraethyllead raised gasoline’s resistance to knock.

• NeopentaneRelated: Neopentane’s branching invites comparison with the branched reference fuel isooctane.

• IsopentaneRelated: Isopentane is a reference fuel component used in octane-rating scales.

• N-HeptaneRelated: N-Heptane defines the zero-octane end of the primary comparison scale.

• Liquid fuelRelated: It describes a key performance property of gasoline, a common liquid fuel.

• Petrol engineRelated: It limits how much compression and ignition advance the engine can tolerate.