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In article <08JAN93.14814972.0071@VM1.MCGILL.CA> CX5Q@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA  
(CX5Q000) writes:
|I am doing research on MMT (methylcycolpentadienyl manganese
|tricarbonyl) which is the additive to gasoline in both leaded
|and unleaded gasoline.  My question is this: a lot of research was
|done in the 60's and 70's and everyone just seemed to know what the
|decomposition products were and no one ever seems to say how they
|found this out.  I would like a reference or even a hint about
|when and how people decided that Mn3O4 was the primary decomposition
|product of MMT.
|please email me or post here
|thank you
|Andrew Vreugdenhil
|(McGill University: CX5Q@musica.mcgill.ca)

Perhaps they dissolved some in gasoline, burnt it under conditions simulatind  
an engine, and analyzed the product? 

(Naaah, too easy.)
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