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Old 10-13-2003 | 11:28 AM
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Default RE: Fuel Mixing Question

According to my research, the coefficient of cubical (thermal) expansion for nitromethane is slightly greater than the coefficient for methanol, and both are about 50% greater than the coefficients for castor oil and synthetic oil. If all of the ingredients are at the same temperature when mixed, the temperature related differences in % by volume values are in the neighborhood of 0.1%, not 2%. If the ingredients are at different temperatures when mixed, the errors can be greater, but still not significant unless the temperature differences are extreme.