avgas

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Alternative forms

av-gas

Etymology

A blend of aviation and gasoline

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈævˌɡæs/

Noun

avgas (uncountable)

1. gasoline fuel for piston-engined aircraft.
   • 1988, Kas Thomas, Fuel and oil systems: basic and advanced light plane maintenance:

     Cylinder cracks are nothing new, however, and there is no reason to expect autogas-burning engines to have a higher incidence of head cracking than avgas-users

   • 1994, Michael J. Kroes, Aircraft powerplants:

     In the area of autogas volatility, a Reid vapor pressure of 9.0 to 15 is very common, compared to the vapor pressure of avgas, which is 5.5 to 7

   • 2006, The AOPA pilot: voice of general aviation, volume 49: 

     Autogas can be obtained for a fraction of the cost of avgas, but its use is not without controversy.

Hyponyms

• 100LL
• 94UL

Coordinate terms

• mogas , autogas

See also

• jet fuel
• diesel fuel
• rocket fuel

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Swedish

Noun

avgas c.

1. exhaust gas

Declension

Declension of avgas

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	avgas	avgasen	avgaser	avgaserna
genitive	avgas	avgasens	avgasers	avgasernas

See also

• avgasrening
• avgasrör