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Old 01-25-11 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
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MSRŪ SuperFuel is the highest-performance white gas on the market, more refined and cleaner-burning than any comparable fuel and unmatched for reducing clogs and maintenance.
  • Superior Performance: Designed to improve stove performance, with fewer cleanings and less maintenance.
  • Clean-Burning: Tested to be 100% pure.
  • Reduced Clogging: No dyes or additives to solidify and cause clogs.
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I love these kinds of claims They're as good as the "We sell only pure gasoline" signs you see all over.

Unless MSR is selling something that is all hexane (C6H6 hydrocarbon) or all heptane or any other single hydrocarbon, they can't be selling 100% pure anything...unless it's what comes out of the south end of a north bound bull White gas is a mixture of hydrocarbons that is determined by a distillation cut of petroleum. There is nothing 'pure' about it.

'Pure gasoline', by the way is a similar myth. Unless they are selling 2,2,4-trimethylpentane (isooctane) which is the very definition of an octane number of 100 and incredible expensive, they are selling a mixture of hydrocarbons that are blended for specific locations and specific climatic conditions (winter fuel is different from summer fuel).
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