avgas
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of avgas
First recorded in 1940–45; av(iation) + gas(oline)
Example Sentences
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The agency subsequently banned the sale of leaded gasoline for on-road vehicles in 1996, but it allowed the continued use of lead in aviation fuel, known as avgas.
From Salon • Aug. 27, 2021
But there is also a wild card: the entity with the greatest power to eliminate lead in avgas may be Innospec, its sole producer.
From Salon • Sep. 8, 2013
The upshot: piston-engine planes consume about 248 million gallons of avgas a year, spewing out 551 tons of lead.
From Salon • Sep. 8, 2013
By the 1940s lead had become the go-to additive to avgas because it produced a fuel with low anti-knock properties, increasing horsepower while adding only a smidgen of extra weight.
From Salon • Sep. 8, 2013
Today, sales of tetraethyllead to avgas producers account for just 3 percent of Innospec’s business.
From Salon • Sep. 8, 2013
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