The addition of organic solvents (light aliphatic, heavy aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons)
in Brazilian gasoline is unfortunately very frequent, and this illicit practice impares gasoline …

The addition of organic solvents (heavy aliphatic, light aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons)
in Brazilian gasoline is unfortunately very frequent, and this illicit practice does not …

Unfortunately, addition of organic solvents (heavy aliphatic, light aliphatic and aromatic
hydrocarbons) in Brazilian gasoline is very frequent, and this illegal practice does not …

A method to detect potential adulteration of commercial gasoline (Type C gasoline, available
in Brazil and containing 25%(v/v) ethanol) is presented here. Comprehensive two …

In this paper a set of Brazilian commercial gasoline representative samples from São Paulo
State, selected by HCA, plus six samples obtained directly from refineries were analysed by …

Chemometric data analysis was applied to chromatographic data as a modeling tool to
identify the presence of solvents in gasoline obtained at gas stations in the Minas Gerais …

Forty four samples of type C gasoline, obtained from service stations of five different
distributors, and samples of type A gasoline were analyzed by gas chromatography–flame …

In the last years, the Brazilian Fuel Quality Monitoring Program drastically reduced the
number of analyzed fuel samples as consequence of the current economic crisis in the …

This work presents a low cost system based on Flame Emission Spectroscopy (FES) that
enables the prediction of fuel adulteration. The spectral data acquired using FES were …

Brazilian automotive gasoline has been the target of constant adulterations in an attempt to
raise profit margins as a result of the market flexibility and the ensuing increased …