Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether

Introduction Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether, also know as MTBE, is in a group of gas additives called “oxygenates” because they increase the oxygen level in gasoline. The use of oxygenates has increased significantly since Clean Air Act was signed in 1990. The two-part act mandated the use of cleaner burning gasoline in metropolitan areas throughout the United States as stated by Nichols et al. The most significant part of this act was the reformulated gasoline (RFG) …

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