Techron is a patented

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developed by

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and sold in its fuel operations (including

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and

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). It contains a polyether amine-based detergent, which is purported to dissolve deposits in automotive engines and prevent them from building up. Chevron released Techron as an additive in 1981, and began including it in all of their gasoline products in 1995. It is still available as a concentrate today. The

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debuted in 1995 and were used to advertise the additive.

Components

Techron consists of five components: # Distillates, hydrotreated light at 40-70% weight # Stoddard solvent at 15-40% weight #

Solvent naphtha White spirit (AU, UK & Ireland)Primarily in the United Kingdom and Australia. In New Zealand "white spirit" can also refer to Coleman fuel ( white gas). or mineral spirits (US, Canada), also known as mineral turpentine (AU/NZ), turpentine substi ...

(petroleum), light aromatic at 5-10% weight #

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at 1-5% weight # Polyetheramine (PEA) (

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amines at 20-49% weight

Predecessor

"Techroline" was the predecessor to Techron. The company claimed it could control combustion-chamber deposits in cars, as well as keep their fuel-intake systems clean.

References

External links

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Motor Gasolines Technical Review
on Chevron website (2009)
Chevron Unveils New Gasolines With "Techron"
at Chevron Press Release Archives (15 May 1995)
Chevron Techron® Concentrate Plus Fuel System Cleaner
on Chevron website (archived 17 Oct 2006) {{Chevron Corporation Petroleum products Polyethers Amines Chevron Corporation brands Texaco Fuel additives

Components

Predecessor

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