A general review is presented concerning jointly the crystallographic structures and the solid-solid and solid-liquid transition temperatures and enthalpies in the pure normal alkanes, as well as the structural and thermodynamic behavior of their synthetic binary, ternary, and multinary model mixtures and of real petroleum waxes. A major part of the structural and thermodynamic data of the l…
Forced by the increasing mobility and the greenhouse effect a further reduction of emissions of pollutants and CO2 is required. The main demand for improvement will be reduction of NOx and particulate emissions from diesel engines and fuel consumption/CO2-emission from spark ignition (SI)-engines. New technologies for combustion and exhaust gas aftertreatment being under development are intr…