thumb|Automobile exhaust In the liquid fuel industry, oxygenates are hydrocarbon-derived fuel additives containing at least one oxygen atom to promote complete combustion. Absent oxygenates, fuel combustion is usually incomplete, and the exhaust stream pollutes the air with carbon monoxide, soot particles, aromatic and polyaromatic hydrocarbons, and nitrated polyaromatic hydrocarbons.
thumb|Automobile exhaust In the liquid fuel industry, oxygenates are hydrocarbon-derived fuel additives containing at least one oxygen atom to promote complete combustion. Absent oxygenates, fuel combustion is usually incomplete, and the exhaust stream pollutes the air with carbon monoxide, soot particles, aromatic and polyaromatic hydrocarbons, and nitrated polyaromatic hydrocarbons.
The most common oxygenates are either alcohols or ethers, but ketones and aldehydes are also included in this distinction. Carboxylic acids and esters can be grouped with oxygenates in the simple definition that they contain at least one oxygen atom. However, they are usually unwanted in oils, and therefore likely fuels, due to their environmental toxicity and tendency to cause catalyst poisoning and corrosion during oil production and refining. Alcohols: Methanol (MeOH) Ethanol (EtOH); see also Common ethanol fuel mixtures Isopropyl alcohol (IPA) n-Butanol (BuOH) Gasoline grade tert-butanol (GTBA) Ethers: Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) tert-Amyl methyl ether (TAME) tert-Hexyl methyl ether (THEME) Ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) tert-Amyl ethyl ether (TAEE) Diisopropyl ether (DIPE)
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