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  2. List of gasoline additives - Wikipedia

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    N,N'-Di-2-butyl-1,4-phenylenediamine. Ethylenediamine. Detergents; see also Top Tier Detergent Gasoline. Amines aka "nitrogen enriched". Polybuteneamine (PBA) Polyetheramine (PEA); see also Techron. Polyisobutyleneamine (PIBA) Antiknock agents. Tetraethyllead (TEL), now banned almost everywhere for causing brain damage.

  3. Energy drink - Wikipedia

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    An energy drink is a type of functional beverage containing stimulant compounds, usually caffeine, which is marketed as providing mental and physical stimulation (marketed as "energy", but distinct from food energy). They may or may not be carbonated and may also contain sugar, other sweeteners, or herbal extracts, among numerous other possible ...

  4. Renewable resource - Wikipedia

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    Oceans often act as renewable resources. Sawmill near Fügen, Zillertal, Austria Global vegetation. A renewable resource (also known as a flow resource [note 1] [1]) is a natural resource which will replenish to replace the portion depleted by usage and consumption, either through natural reproduction or other recurring processes in a finite amount of time in a human time scale.

  5. Diesel fuel - Wikipedia

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    Diesel fuel has many colloquial names; most commonly, it is simply referred to as diesel.In the United Kingdom, diesel fuel for road use is commonly called diesel or sometimes white diesel if required to differentiate it from a reduced-tax agricultural-only product containing an identifying coloured dye known as red diesel.

  6. List of fire-retardant materials - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, after two significant construction fires which resulted in a combined loss of £1,500 million, The Joint Code of Practice was introduced by the Fire Protection Association (FPA), the UK's national fire safety organisation, [1] to prevent fires on buildings undergoing construction work.

  7. Kerosene - Wikipedia

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    Kerosene. A kerosene bottle, containing blue-dyed kerosene. Kerosene, or paraffin, is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is derived from petroleum. It is widely used as a fuel in aviation as well as households. Its name derives from κηρός (kērós) meaning "wax", and was registered as a trademark by Nova Scotia geologist and inventor ...

  8. Nitroglycerin - Wikipedia

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    Nitroglycerin (NG) (alternative spelling of nitroglycerine), also known as trinitroglycerol (TNG), nitro, glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), or 1,2,3-trinitroxypropane, is a dense, colorless or pale yellow, oily, explosive liquid most commonly produced by nitrating glycerol with white fuming nitric acid under conditions appropriate to the formation of the nitric acid ester.

  9. Worcestershire sauce - Wikipedia

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    Worcestershire sauce or Worcester sauce[1] (UK: / ˈwʊstər (ʃər)/ ⓘ WUUST-ər (-shər)) is a fermented liquid condiment invented by pharmacists John Wheeley Lea and William Henry Perrins in the city of Worcester in Worcestershire, England, during the first half of the 19th century. The inventors went on to form the company Lea & Perrins.