TETRAETHYLLEAD

Tetraethyllead

Tetraethyllead, abbreviated TEL, is an organolead compound with the formula 4Pb. It was mixed with gasoline beginning in the 1920s as an inexpensive octane booster which allowed engine compression to be raised substantially, which in turn increased vehicle performance and fuel economy. TEL was phased out starting in the US in the mid-1970s because of its neurotoxicity and its damaging effect on catalytic converters. It is still used as an additive in some grades of aviation gasoline and automotive racing fuels. Innospec has claimed to be the last firm still making TEL, but as of 2013 it appears to also be illegally produced by multiple ...

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tetraethyl lead

Noun

  1. a toxic organometallic compound, (C2H5)4Pb, added to petroleum/gasoline as an antiknock agent


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tetraethyllead

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