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Question no. 12401

Diesel index serves as an alternative metric for quantifying diesel quality and is defined as_______________?

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Answer: C. Equal to cetane number plus 3

Explanation

Diesel index is calculated from API gravity and aniline point, correlating closely with cetane number plus a constant offset.

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Engineering
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Chemical Engineering
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