MTBE
Britishabbreviation
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What volume of methanol, density 0.7915 g/mL, is required to produce exactly 1000 kg of MTBE, assuming a 100% yield?
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Porrino said ConocoPhillips was one of 50 oil and chemical firms sued in 2007 by the state over ground water contamination from a gasoline additive called MTBE.
From Washington Post • May 25, 2017
Officials also noted increased coastal erosion, home construction in remote coastal ranch lands and pollution from MTBE, a gasoline additive and threat to groundwater quality.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2017
Democratic Attorney General Peter Kilmartin said Tuesday the state aims to recover money for the cleanup of methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2016
That list, of course, includes the infamous attempt by the Canadian company Methanex to pilfer $970 million from California taxpayers in a case against the state's ban on the chemical MTBE.
From Salon • May 24, 2011
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