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What is the science behind diesel and gasoline combustion?
Question Date: 2010-01-11
Answer 1:

Diesel and gasoline are hydrocarbons, compounds made of carbon and hydrogen. Energy is released when these combine with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water.



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