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  2. Avgas - Wikipedia

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    Avgas. An American Aviation AA-1 Yankee being refueled with 100LL avgas. Avgas ( aviation gasoline, also known as aviation spirit in the UK) is an aviation fuel used in aircraft with spark-ignited internal combustion engines. Avgas is distinguished from conventional gasoline (petrol) used in motor vehicles, which is termed mogas (motor gasoline ...

  3. Fuel dye - Wikipedia

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    Fuel pumps in Ireland, with green gas oil and red kerosene, and notices that it is an offence to use marked fuels in a motor vehicle.. After August 2002, all European Union countries became obliged to add about 6 mg/L (0.034 oz/bbl) of Solvent Yellow 124, a dye with structure similar to Solvent Yellow 56, to heating fuel.

  4. Neon sign - Wikipedia

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    The tube is filled with a purified gas mixture, and the gas ionized by a high voltage applied between the ends of the sealed tube through cold cathodes welded onto the ends. The color of the light emitted by the tube may be just that coming from the gas, or the light from the phosphor layer. Different phosphor-coated tubing sections may be butt ...

  5. M18 smoke grenade - Wikipedia

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    The M18 was developed in 1942 during World War II and was completed in November of that year. It was designed to replace the M16 smoke grenade, which did not burn as long or as vividly. It was designated standard issue in the fall of 1943. Both were produced at the same time as the M16 production lines were already setup when the M18 was ...

  6. Liquefied petroleum gas - Wikipedia

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    Liquefied petroleum gas, also referred to as liquid petroleum gas (LPG or LP gas), is a fuel gas which contains a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases, specifically propane, n-butane and isobutane. It can sometimes contain some propylene, butylene, and isobutene. LPG is used as a fuel gas in heating appliances, cooking equipment, and vehicles.

  7. National Transmission System - Wikipedia

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    The United Kingdom's National Transmission System ( NTS) is the network of gas pipelines that supply gas to about forty power stations and large industrial users from natural gas terminals situated on the coast, and to gas distribution companies that supply commercial and domestic users. It covers Great Britain, i.e. England, Wales and Scotland.

  8. Purple (technology company) - Wikipedia

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    purple .ai. Purple is a UK-based technology firm that specializes in intelligent spaces. [1] [2] [3] The company offers a three core products guest WiFi, business analytics and digital wayfinding. Purple introduced social media logins in the WiFi login process, where a customer has to like or follow or promote the social media page of the ...

  9. Purple - Wikipedia

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    Purple is a color similar in appearance to violet light. In the RYB color model historically used in the arts, purple is a secondary color created by combining red and blue pigments. In the CMYK color model used in modern printing, purple is made by combining magenta pigment with either cyan pigment, black pigment, or both.