In recent news, gasoline distributed to multiple gas stations in Florida has suspected to have been contaminated with diesel fuel. The contamination could have serious consequences – at the time of this blog post, Hurricane Idalia is traveling across Florida and up the east coast. Florida officials have warned that contaminated fuel could potentially disable vehicle and generator engines when needed most. We asked a Failure Analysis expert from ARCCA to help us understand why contaminated fuel can be a serious issue. Why is diesel contamination in gasoline a problem? Gasoline and diesel are chemically very similar. They are composed…..
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