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TECHNICAL REPORT NO. 145-45

MANUFACTURE OF AVIATION GASOLINE IN GERMANY

SUMMARY

This report records information obtained by technical investigators on the quantity quality, composition, and manufacture of German aviation gasolines during the past war years.

Figures for the quantities of components and finished gasolines produced are presented and analyzed. The qualities and compositions of the different grades are shown and discussed.

The methods and plants used in Germany for synthesizing isoparaffins, for manufacturing base stocks, and for synthesizing aromatics are described. Process and operating data are given for these operations, particularly where the practice is new or different from that used in the United States.

The synthesis of nitration grade toluene is described in an appendix.

There are attached to the original copy of this report sever German documents which will serve to elaborate some of the subjects covered herein.

July 1945

U. S. NAVAL TECHNICAL MISSION IN EUROPE