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==Examples== {{more citations needed |section |date= June 2023}} {{excessive examples|section|date=June 2023}} The RON/MON values of n-[[heptane]] and iso-octane are exactly 0 and 100, respectively, by the definition of octane rating. The following table lists octane ratings for various other fuels.<ref name="Purdue Coal">{{cite web |url=http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/1organic/coal.html |title=Petroleum and Coal |access-date=2009-03-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425075157/http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/1organic/coal.html |archive-date=2009-04-25 }}</ref><ref name="IUPAC">{{cite journal |last1=Balaban |first1=A. T. |title=Topological indices based on topological distances in molecular graphs |journal=Pure and Applied Chemistry |date=1983 |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=199β206 |doi=10.1351/pac198855020199 }}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" |- ! scope="col" style="width:70%;"| Fuel ! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" style="width:10%;"| RON ! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" style="width:10%;"| MON ! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" style="width:10%;"| AKI or (R+M)/2 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[hexadecane]] | < β30 | | |- | style="text-align: left" | [[octane|''n''-octane]] | β20 | β17 | β18.5 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[heptane|''n''-heptane]] (RON and MON 0 by definition) | 0 | 0 | 0 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[diesel fuel]] | 15β25 | | |- | style="text-align: left" | [[2-Methylheptane|2-methylheptane]] | 23 | 23.8 | 23 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[hexane|''n''-hexane]] | 25 | 26.0 | 26 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[pentene|1-pentene]] | 34 | | |- | style="text-align: left" | [[2-Methylhexane|2-methylhexane]] | 44 | 46.4 | 45.2 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[3-Methylhexane|3-methylhexane]] | | 55.0 | |- | style="text-align: left" | [[heptene|1-heptene]] | 60 | | |- | style="text-align: left" | [[pentane|''n''-pentane]] | 62 | 61.9 | 62 |- | style="text-align: left" | requirement for a typical [[Two-stroke engine|two-stroke]] [[outboard motor]]<ref>Johnson Operation and Maintenance Manual, 1999</ref> || 69 || 65 || 67 |- | style="text-align: left" | Pertamina "Premium" in [[Indonesia]] (discontinued) | 88 | 78 | 83 |- | style="text-align: left" | Pertamina "Pertalite" and Vivo "Revvo 90" in [[Indonesia]] (will begin discontinuing sales in 2024) | 90 | | |- | style="text-align: left" | "Plus 91" (Regular) in [[Costa Rica]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.recope.go.cr/productos/calidad-y-seguridad-de-productos/gasolina-plus-91-regular/ |title=Product Specifications Plus 91(regular) |website=www.recope.go.cr/ |access-date=2021-11-09 }}</ref> | 91 | 79 | 85 |- | style="text-align: left" | "SΓΊper" (Premium) in [[Costa Rica]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.recope.go.cr/productos/calidad-y-seguridad-de-productos/gasolina-super/ |title=Product Specifications Super |website=www.recope.go.cr/ |access-date=2021-11-09 }}</ref> | 95 | 83 | 89 |- | style="text-align: left" | "E15" (Unleaded 88) in [[United States]] | 95 | 81 | 88 |- | style="text-align: left" | "Regular gasoline" in [[Japan]] | 90 | | |- | style="text-align: left" | [[N-Butanol|''n''-butanol]] | 92 | 71 | 83 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[Neopentane]] (dimethylpropane) | | 80.2 | |- | style="text-align: left" | [[butane|''n''-butane]] | 94<ref name="Henig, Y">{{cite conference |last1=Henig |first1=Y. |last2=Addagaria |first2=S. |last3=Miller |first3=D. L. |last4=Wilk |first4=R. D. |last5=Cernansky |first5=N. P. |title=Autoignition of n-butane/isobutane blends in a knock research engine |conference=Society of Automotive Engineers international congress and exposition |location=Detroit |date=1989 |osti=5509255 }}</ref> | 90.1 | 92 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[Isopentane]] (methylbutane) | | 90.3 | |- | style="text-align: left" | "Regular Gasoline/Petroleum" in [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], Canada and the United States | 91β92 | 82β83 | 87 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[Pertamina]] "Pertamax 92" in [[Indonesia]] | 92 | 82 | 87 |- | style="text-align: left" | "Shell Super" in [[Indonesia]], "Total Performance 92" in [[Indonesia]], "Vivo Revvo 92" in Indonesia, "BP 92" in Indonesia | 92 | | |- | style="text-align: left" | [[2,2-dimethylbutane]] | | 93.4 | |- | style="text-align: left" | [[2,3-dimethylbutane]] | | 94.4 | |- | style="text-align: left" | "Mid-Grade Gasoline" in the United States and Canada | 94β95 | 84β85 | 89β90 |- | style="text-align: left" | "YPF Super" and "Shell Formula Super" in [[Argentina]] | 95 | 84 | 89-90 |- | style="text-align: left" | "Axion Super" in [[Argentina]] | 95 | 83 | 89 |- | style="text-align: left" | "Super/Premium" in [[New Zealand]] and [[Australia]] | 95 | 85 | 90 |- | style="text-align: left" | "Aral Super 95" in Germany, "Aral Super 95 E10" (10% ethanol) in [[Germany]] | 95 | 85 | 90 |- | style="text-align: left" | "Shell V-Power" in [[Indonesia]], "Vivo Revvo 95" in [[Indonesia]], "Bp Ultimate" in [[Indonesia]], Pertamina "Pertamax Green" in [[Indonesia]], "Shell FuelSave " in [[Malaysia]] | 95 | | |- | style="text-align: left" | "EuroSuper" or "EuroPremium" or "Regular unleaded" in UK/Europe, "SP95" and "SP95-E10" (10% ethanol blend) in [[France]], "Super 95" in [[Belgium]] | 95 | 85β86 | 90β91 |- | style="text-align: left" | "Premium" or "Super unleaded" gasoline in US and Canada (10% ethanol blend) | 97 | 87β88 | 92β93 |- | style="text-align: left" | "Shell V-Power 97" in [[Malaysia]] and Chile | 97 | | |- | style="text-align: left" | "Premium Gasoline" in the United States | 96β98 | 86β88 | 91β93 |- | style="text-align: left" | "IES 98 Plus" in [[Italy]], "Aral SuperPlus 98" in [[Germany]], Pertamina "Pertamax Turbo" in [[Indonesia]], Premium unleaded in the UK | 98 | | |- | style="text-align: left" | "YPF Infinia" and "Shell V-Power" in [[Argentina]] | 98 | 85 | 91-92 |- | style="text-align: left" | "Axion Quantium" in [[Argentina]] | 98 | 88 | 93 |- | style="text-align: left" | "Corriente (Regular)" in [[Colombia]] | 91.5<ref name="ecopetrol.com.co">{{cite web|url=http://www.ecopetrol.com.co/contenido.aspx?catID=129&conID=36288&pagID=127462|title=Ecopetrol β EnergΓa para el Futuro|work=ecopetrol.com.co|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619093251/http://ecopetrol.com.co/contenido.aspx?catID=129&conID=36288&pagID=127462|archive-date=2012-06-19}}</ref> | 70 | 81<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.ecopetrol.com.co/contenido.aspx?catID=216&conID=37366|title=Ecopetrol β EnergΓa para el Futuro|work=ecopetrol.com.co}}</ref> |- | style="text-align: left" | "Extra (Super/Plus)" in [[Colombia]] | 95<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web|url=http://www.ecopetrol.com.co/contenido.aspx?catID=129&conID=36288&pagID=127463|title=Ecopetrol β EnergΓa para el Futuro|work=ecopetrol.com.co|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619093314/http://ecopetrol.com.co/contenido.aspx?catID=129&conID=36288&pagID=127463|archive-date=2012-06-19}}</ref> | 79 | 87<ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web|url=http://www.ecopetrol.com.co/contenido.aspx?catID=216&conID=37367|title=Ecopetrol β EnergΓa para el Futuro|work=ecopetrol.com.co}}</ref> |- | style="text-align: left" | "SuperPlus" in [[Germany]] | 98 | 88 | 93 |- | style="text-align: left" | "Shell V-Power 98", "Caltex Platinum 98 with Techron", "Esso Mobil Synergy 8000" and "SPC LEVO 98" in [[Singapore]], "BP Ultimate 98/Mobil Synergy 8000" in [[New Zealand]], "SP98" in [[France]], "Super 98" in [[Belgium]], Great Britain, Slovenia and Spain, "Ampol Amplify 98 Unleaded" in [[Australia]] | 98 | 89β90 | 93β94 |- | style="text-align: left" | "Shell V-Power Nitro+ 99" "Tesco Momentum 99" In the [[United Kingdom]] | 99 | 87 | 93 |- | style="text-align: left" | Pertamina "Pertamina Racing Fuel" (bioethanol blend) in [[Indonesia]] | 100 | 86 | 93 |- | style="text-align: left" | "Premium" gasoline in [[Japan]], "IP Plus 100"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gruppoapi.com/pdf/_Benzina%20IP%20PLUS%20100.pdf |title=IP Plus 100 |access-date=2022-01-12 |archive-date=2022-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112101621/https://www.gruppoapi.com/pdf/_Benzina%20IP%20PLUS%20100.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[Italy]], "Tamoil WR 100" in [[Italy]], "Shell V-Power Racing" in [[Australia]] β discontinued July 2008,<ref>[http://mrtperformance.com.au/about-us/news/1/437-shell-phases-out-v-power-racing-fuel-100-ron Shell phases out V-Power Racing fuel (100 RON)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222165241/http://mrtperformance.com.au/about-us/news/1/437-shell-phases-out-v-power-racing-fuel-100-ron |date=2011-02-22 }} β MRT</ref> "NPD 100Plus" in [[New Zealand]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npd.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/24576-100Plus-Datasheet-Feb-2021.pdf |title=NPD 100Plus β 100 octane petrol |publisher=Nelson Petroleum Distributors |location=New Zealand |date=February 2021 |access-date=6 August 2023}}</ref> | 100 | 89 | |- | style="text-align: left" | "Shell V-Power" in [[Italy]] and [[Germany]] | 100 | 88 | 94 |- | style="text-align: left" | "Eni (or Agip) Blu Super +(or Tech)" in [[Italy]] | 100 | 87 | 94 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[2,2,4-Trimethylpentane|iso-octane]] (RON and MON 100 by definition) | 100 | 100 | 100 |- |style="text-align: left" | "Petron Blaze 100 Euro 4M" in [[Philippines]] and [[Malaysia]] | 100 | | |- |style="text-align: left" | "San Marco Petroli F-101" in [[Italy]] (northern Italy only, just a few gas stations) | 101 | | |- | style="text-align: left" | [[benzene]] | 101 | | |- | style="text-align: left" | [[2,5-Dimethylfuran]] | 101.3<ref name="Applied Energy 98 (2012) 59-68">{{cite journal | doi = 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.02.073 | title = Combustion performance of 2,5-dimethylfuran blends using dual-injection compared to direct-injection in an SI engine | journal=Applied Energy | date=2012 | volume=98 | pages=59β68 | first=Ritchie | last=Daniel| bibcode = 2012ApEn...98...59D }}</ref> | 88.1<ref name="Applied Energy 98 (2012) 59-68"/> | 94.7<ref name="Applied Energy 98 (2012) 59-68"/> |- | style="text-align: left" | [[Petro-Canada]] "Ultra 94" in [[Canada]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://retail.petro-canada.ca/en/independent/2069.aspx |title=FAQs β Questions, Answers, Gasoline Products β Petro-Canada |website=Retail.petro-canada.ca |access-date=2017-01-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122172811/http://retail.petro-canada.ca/en/independent/2069.aspx |archive-date=2015-11-22 }}</ref> | 101.5 | 88 | 94 |- | style="text-align: left" | Aral Ultimate 102 in [[Germany]] | 102 | 88 | 95 |- | style="text-align: left" | Gulf Endurance 102 Racing Fuel (sold only at [[Silverstone Circuit]] in the [[United Kingdom]]) | 102 | 93β94 | 97β98 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[ExxonMobil]] [[Avgas]] 100LL<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exxonmobil.com/en-us/commercial-fuel/pds/gl-xx-avgas-series |title=ExxonMobil Avgas |website=[[ExxonMobil]]|access-date=2023-03-04}}</ref> | | 99.6 (min) | |- | style="text-align: left" | Petrobras Podium in [[Brazil]]<ref name=petrobras>{{Cite web |url=http://www.petrobras.com.br/en/products-and-services/products/automotive/gasoline/ |title=Automotive Gasoline: Products and Characteristics β Petrobras |access-date=2018-06-19 |archive-date=2018-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620001611/http://www.petrobras.com.br/en/products-and-services/products/automotive/gasoline/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 102 | 88 | 97 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[E85|E85 gasoline]] | 102-105 | 85-87 | 94β96<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ethanolrfa.org/page/-/rfa-association-site/ChangesinGasolineManualIV-UpdatedLogo.pdf |title=Changes in Gasoline IV |access-date=2011-08-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120802001152/http://www.ethanolrfa.org/page/-/rfa-association-site/ChangesinGasolineManualIV-UpdatedLogo.pdf |archive-date=2012-08-02 }}</ref> |- | style="text-align: left" | [[isobutane|''i''-butane]] | 102<ref name="Henig, Y"/> | 97.6 | 100 |- | style="text-align: left" | "BP Ultimate 102" β now discontinued<ref name="bp.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=6621&contentId=7060376 |title=BP Ultimate 102 unleaded | BP Ultimate UK |access-date=2010-12-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724222831/http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=6621&contentId=7060376 |archive-date=2010-07-24 }}</ref> | 102 | 93β94 | 97β98 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[t-butanol|''t''-butanol]] | 103 | 91 | 97 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[2,3,3-trimethylpentane]] | 106.1<ref name="balaban kier josh">{{cite journal |last1=Balaban |first1=A. T. |first2=L. B. |last2=Kier |first3=N. |last3=Joshi |title=Structure-property analysis of octane numbers for hydrocarbons (alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes) |journal=MATCH Communications in Mathematical and in Computer Chemistry |volume=28 |date=1992 |pages=13β27 |url=https://match.pmf.kg.ac.rs/electronic_versions/Match28/match28_13-27.pdf }}</ref> | 99.4<ref name="balaban kier josh"/> | 103 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[ethane]] | 108 | | |- | style="text-align: left" | [[ethanol]] | 108.6<ref name="Fuel 89 (2010) 2713-2720"/> | 89.7<ref name="Fuel 89 (2010) 2713-2720"/> | 99.15 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[methanol]] | 108.7<ref name="Fuel 89 (2010) 2713-2720">{{cite journal | doi = 10.1016/j.fuel.2010.01.032 | title = Impact of alcoholβgasoline fuel blends on the performance and combustion characteristics of an SI engine | journal=Fuel | date=2010 | volume=89 | issue=10 | pages=2713β2720 | first=Muharrem | last=Eyidogan| bibcode = 2010Fuel...89.2713E }}</ref> | 88.6<ref name="Fuel 89 (2010) 2713-2720"/> | 98.65 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[2,2,3-trimethylpentane]] | 109.6<ref name="balaban kier josh"/> | 99.9<ref name="balaban kier josh"/> | 105 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[propane]] | 112 | 97 | 105 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[ethylbenzene]]<ref name="SpiveyDooley2007">{{cite book|author1=James J. Spivey|author2=K. M. Dooley|title=Catalysis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YhK14mBmNgAC&pg=PA33|date=August 2007|publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry|isbn=978-0-85404-244-9|pages=33β}}</ref> | 112 | 99 | 106 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[isopropylbenzene]] (cumene)<ref name="SpiveyDooley2007" /> | 112 | 102 | 107 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[2,2,3-trimethylbutane]] | 112.1<ref name="balaban kier josh"/> | 101.3<ref name="balaban kier josh"/> | 106 |- | style="text-align: left" | VP C16 Race Fuel<ref name="DragRace Fuel">{{cite web|url=https://vpracingfuels.com/master-fuel-tables|title=All DragRace Fuel Available at VPFuel|work=vpracingfuels.com|date=5 December 2019 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330043335/https://vpracingfuels.com/master-fuel-tables/|archive-date=2020-03-30}}</ref> | 117 | 118 | 117.5 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[isopropanol|propan-2-ol]] | 118 | 98 | 108 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[1-Propanol|propan-1-ol]] | 118<ref name="biofuel">{{cite web|url=http://biofuel.org.uk/bioalcohols.html|title=Biofuels β Types of Biofuels β Bioalcohols|work=biofuel.org.uk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416180242/http://biofuel.org.uk/bioalcohols.html|archive-date=2014-04-16}}</ref> | 98 | 108<ref name="biofuel" /> |- | style="text-align: left" | [[xylene]] | 118 | 115 | 116.5 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[methane]] | 120 | 120 | 120 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[toluene]] | 121 | 107 | 114 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[hydrogen]] | > 130 | 60<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Verhelst |first1=Sebastian |last2=Sierens |first2=Roger |last3=Verstraeten |first3=Stefaan |title=A Critical Review of Experimental Research on Hydrogen Fueled SI Engines |journal=SAE Transactions |date=2006 |volume=115 |pages=264β274 |jstor=44687302 }} cited by {{cite journal |last1=Verhelst |first1=Sebastian |last2=Wallner |first2=Thomas |title=Hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines |journal=Progress in Energy and Combustion Science |date=December 2009 |volume=35 |issue=6 |pages=490β527 |doi=10.1016/j.pecs.2009.08.001 |bibcode=2009PECS...35..490V |url=https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/818298 }}</ref> | |}
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