Techron
{{Short description|Patented fuel additive developed by the Chevron Corporation}}
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| producttype = Fuel additives
| currentowner = Chevron Corporation
| producedby = Chevron Corporation
| country = U.S.
| introduced = {{start date and age|1981}}
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| markets = Motor service
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Techron is a formerly patented fuel additive developed by Chevron Corporation and sold in its fuel operations (including Texaco and Caltex). It contains polyether amine (PEA) and polybutene amine (PBA), which are detergent additives purported to dissolve deposits in automotive engines and prevent them from building up.{{Cite book |last=Martin |first=Tracy |title=How to Tune and Modify Motorcycle Engine Management Systems |publisher=Motorbooks |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-7603-4073-8 |pages=181 |language=en}} Chevron released Techron as an additive in 1981, and began including it in all of their gasoline products in 1995. It is still available as a concentrate today. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100103122026/http://www.chevron.com/products/techron/history/ The History of Techron, 2010, Chevron.com][https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/1a/90/f2/798b671f0accff/US4270930.pdf Campbell, C.B., & Peyla, R. J. (1981). U.S. Patent No. 4,270,930. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.]
The Chevron Cars that debuted in 1995 were used to advertise the additive.
Components
Techron consists of five components:{{cite web |title=Material Safety Data Sheet |url=https://cglapps.chevron.com/msdspds/MSDSDetailPage.aspx?docDataId=283264 |website=Chevron |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214164938/https://cglapps.chevron.com/msdspds/MSDSDetailPage.aspx?docDataId=283264 |archive-date=14 December 2014 |date=2011 |url-status=dead}}{{failed verification|date=October 2019|reason=PEA not listed in archived copy}}
- Distillates, hydrotreated light at 40-70% weight
- Stoddard solvent at 15-40% weight
- Solvent naphtha (petroleum), light aromatic at 5-10% weight
- 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene at 1-5% weight
- Polyetheramine (PEA) (detergent), polyether amines at 20-49% weight
Predecessor
"Techroline" was the predecessor to Techron. The company claimed it could control combustion-chamber deposits in cars,{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/02/business/business-technology-science-and-marketing-mix-in-gasoline.html | title=Science and Marketing Mix in Gasoline | work=New York Times | date=2 March 1994 | access-date=12 November 2014 | author=Salpukas, Agis}} as well as keep their fuel-intake systems clean.{{cite web | url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1987/0105/hgas.html | title=Is gasoline behind your car problems? | work=Christian Science Monitor | date=5 January 1987 | access-date=12 November 2014 | author=Dole, Charles E.}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://www.chevron.com/-/media/chevron/operations/documents/motor-gas-tech-review.pdf Motor Gasolines Technical Review] on Chevron website (2009)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050511082313/http://www.chevron.com/news/archive/chevron_press/1995/95-5-15.asp Chevron Unveils New Gasolines With "Techron"] at Chevron Press Release Archives (15 May 1995)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061017050744/http://www.chevron.com/products/prodserv/fuels/additives/concentrate_plus.shtml Chevron Techron® Concentrate Plus Fuel System Cleaner] on Chevron website (archived 17 Oct 2006)
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Category:Products introduced in 1981
Category:Products introduced in 1995
Category:1981 establishments in the United States