Originally Posted By: OPR4H
It has some points on this. Cetane is about the moment the air fuel mix is ignited, the octane is before that, so there's no one correlaction between the two distant phases and repective events and/or facts.
Not sure on your sicence there, maybe it's translation...
Cetane is the measure of a fuel's ability to auto-ignite under heat and pressure. Octane is the measure of the fuel's resistance to autoignition under heat and pressure.
It has some points on this. Cetane is about the moment the air fuel mix is ignited, the octane is before that, so there's no one correlaction between the two distant phases and repective events and/or facts.
Not sure on your sicence there, maybe it's translation...
Cetane is the measure of a fuel's ability to auto-ignite under heat and pressure. Octane is the measure of the fuel's resistance to autoignition under heat and pressure.