what is in gasoline that makes the engine run?
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gasoline is obtained from the fractional distillation of crude oil.  It is therefore a hydrocarbon.  It is evaporated and mixed with air and forced into the cylinder where it burns.  When the C--C and C--H bonds are broken, energy is required but then more eneryg (than is required to break these bonds) are given off on the formation of H--OH (water) and O--C--O (carbon dioxide)bonds.  This is the thermal energy that causes the burned gas in the cylinder to expand thus forcing the piston away from the spark-plug end, causing the engine to "run"
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The terms are sometimes all used interchangeably.  An engine is any device that produces a useful effect, a crowbar is the engine of choice to move a rock, etc.  Your mind is the engine that could creat a best-selling novel, or engineer a bank heist (I hate the way engineer is used sometimes!).  Therefore the gas-burning motor in a motorcar is the engine that drives it.\n\nIn the field of electric power, motors use electricity to create motion (there are linear and rotary motors) and generators use motion to create electricity (there are linear and rotary generators).  There are also motor-generator sets, for example where an AC motor drives a DC generator (or the reverse).  There are also reversible units such that when driven they act like generators and supply electricity but when supplied with electricity they act as motors.\n\nThe bottom line is that when you use the terms motor, generator or engine you must make it clear which you are discussing unless it is clear in context (my engine overheated?).
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not sure, i think its some kind of gas?
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i would guess D ethanol ch3ch2oh \nc is a gas propane\nand b diethyl ether is more volitile the d
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I have never heard of the idea of burning "Water" in a carbureator.  Actually (not that I am a car expert), I have never heard ot burning anything in the carbureator, isnt that suppose to mix the fuel-air before it gets into the engine for combustion?\n\nAnyhow, when gasoline (or any Hydrocarbon) is combusted/"burnt" one of the products is water.  It doesnt make much sense to burn somethat to produce extra energy if it is already being produced anyway as a byproduct.\nYour not going to get anything extra out of trying to burn water, more like than not, you'll loose a lot of energy by having to heat it up...stealing energy away from other expanding gasses.\n\nOne thing though, if you put water (steam) into your engine, you will be displacing fuel and Oxygen which ordinarily would be combusted.  Having less fuel-air in the engine to cobust would mean less energy would come out of each "cycle" of the engine.  As long as your not very demanding on your engine (not trying to tow a boat up a big hill), this might well be OK, you will use less gasoline and therefore get better "Gass" mileage....in theory.\n\nOf course there is a way to seperate the Hydrogen (and Oxygen) out of water, actually, there are a lot of water to do this, but every way requires more energy input than you will ever get out of combusting the Hydrogen back with the Oxygen.  The basic laws of thermodynamics tell us this is a no win situation and any attemp to try to electrolysize the water using the alternator (a popularly spread theory) is bound to fail, since in essence, your trying to make a perpetual motion machine.  The alternator is powered by the engine, the engine is powered by the fuel.  If the fuel your using is made by the alternator, you have got a cycle going that wont last long.
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All hydrocarbons.  They start with gaseous methane (CH4) dissolved in the oily liquid, then through heavier dissolved gases with 2 to 5 carbon atoms per molecule, then liquids with every posible number of carbon atoms per molecule from 6 (benzene) to 8 (octane) to scores and scores, then waxes (the stuff of Vaseline) which have up to hundreds.  Sometimes there are sulphur-based impurities.\n\nRefining the oil is the process of separating the different weights of components.  Car and aeroplane fuel is roughly from C6 to C10, diesel fuel is heavier, and heating oils and lubricating oils are heaviest.
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Mostly hydrogen. There is a little bit of helium and heavier elements in there as well.
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Try:\nhttp://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine.htm
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To release the energy contained in fuels, you generally have to apply energy, or "ignite" the fuel. For a log of wood, for example, you would put a fire underneath it of paper or smaller wood. For a gasoline engine, you would use a spark plug and compression to start the release of the fuel's energy. In an atomic (hydrogen) bomb, the Manhattan project detonated many conventional explosives in a sphere around the nuclear fuel to super-compress and heat the Hydrogen, which then blew up.\n\nIn all the above reactions, heat energy contained in the chemical bonds of the fuel was released by the application of "starter" energy either in the form of heat or compression (or both).
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Basic Mechanics 101:\nThe Carburator mixes gas and air. The valve puts the mixture in the cylinder. The pistons compresses the mixture to a flash point. The spark plug provides a spark. The mixture burns up, pushing the cylinder, that turns the crank shaft, which turns the main shaft that is connected to a transmission or to what ever it is you want to turn.
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Oil\nwood\nleaves\nmethane\njust about any vegetation\nfat (like whale oil or blubber)\nnatural gas\ncoal\ntar\npeat (actually a form of coal)\nalcohol (from fermented vegetation or nectar)\netc
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An internal combustion engine perhaps?
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Pr0n.\n\n\nSeriously, the heat is generated from the oxidation (burning) of fuel (mostly glucose) within the cells (mitochondria).  Just as oxidation of gasoline creates heat & energy, so does the controlled, catalytic (enzymatic) oxidation of sugar - it's what we live on!!
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Nitrous oxide would be good to create a reaction to consume the gasoline, but the definition of combusion is that oxygen is required.
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The air we breathe is 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and a small amount of trace gases.  Under normal conditions, the air provides the oxygen which allows other fuels to burn.\nHowever, under pressure and very high temperatures (such as in a automoblie engine), the nitrogen can chemically combine (burn) with the oxygen gas to form a series of compounds called nitrogen oxides.  Some of these are serious air pollutants.\nSee the site below for additional information:
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oil. because something ryhmes with oil.
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gasoline burning engines