Effect on exhaust emissions by the use of methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT) fuel additive and other lead replacement gasolines

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 305, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 129-141

  Geivanidis, Savas ^a   Pistikopoulos, Panayotis ^a   Samaras, Zissis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Lead replacement gasoline; Manganese; MMT; MTBE; Passenger cars

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; FUEL ADDITIVES; GASOLINE; PASSENGER CARS;

EXHAUST EMISSIONS;

EXHAUST GASES;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBON; LEAD; METHYLCYCLOPENTADIENYLMANGANESE TRICARBONYL; NITROGEN OXIDE;

EXHAUST EMISSION; LEAD; PETROLEUM; REPLACEMENT;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EXHAUST GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTION; CARCINOGENS; CATALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; GASOLINE; LEAD; MANGANESE; MOTOR VEHICLES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0037446001     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00476-X     Document Type: Article

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