Nitromethane
Nitromethane Nitromethane General Systematic name nitromethane Other names nitrocarbol Molecular formula CH 3 ... �C, 100 kPa)Infobox disclaimer and references Nitromethane is an organic compound with the chemical ... racing fuel. Reactions The weak acidicity of nitromethane allows it to undergo reactions analogous ...
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Talk:Nitromethane
Talk:Nitromethane Is it not true that the yellow ... gases? Is it not also true that nitromethane burns with a greenish-brown flame? DRL ...
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Image:Nitromethane.png
Image:Nitromethane.png Image File history File links Nitromethane.png Summary Chemical structure of nitromethane created with ChemDraw. Licensing I, the creator ...
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Nitro fuel (Radiocontrol wiki)
... fuel) is a pre-mixed blend of nitromethane and methanol in a castor oil base ... number which refers to the amount of nitromethane present in the blend. 20% and 30% nitromethane fuels are excellent all-around fuels for ... in quality fuels. Naturally, the higher the nitromethane content, the more power the engine makes ...
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Nitro engine
... a fuel that contains some portion of nitromethane. Nitromethane is a highly combustible fuel that is ... much as 50% or more mixture of nitromethane and ethanol is used with some lubricant ...
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Top Fuel
... which the cars are run on 85% nitromethane and about 15% methanol also known as racing alcohol, instead of gasoline. The nitromethane used to power the engines of top ... the NHRA mandated the maximum concentration of nitromethane in a car's fuel be no ...
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Radio-controlled car
... engines fuelled by a special mixture of nitromethane, methanol, and oil (either castor oil or ... History The beginnings of model racing Small, nitromethane-powered engines originally entered the market in ... departure from Associated Electrics' regular line of nitromethane-powered on-road race cars. Designed as ...
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Drag racing
... the early FCs. Fuel—mix of methanol and nitromethane ("pop", nitro); race class using it Fueler—any ...
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Vic Edelbrock
... Gilmore Stadium using his secret blend of nitromethane. Now banned from almost all forms of ... due to the required high maintenance costs), nitromethane is now industry standard as fuel in ...
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Nitroaldol reaction
... aldol type reaction between an aldehyde and nitromethane. The nucleophilic addition step is base catalysed ... asymmetric synthesis by reaction of benzaldehyde with nitromethane and the catalyst system zinc ditriflate / di ...
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