Ferrocene
What is it , actually?According to the venerable Encyclopaedia Britannica....ferrocene is also called "Dicyclopentadienyliron". Click Here for the DefinitionWhy is IT touted as an octane booster?As reported in Feb 21/10 edition of Star TimesAccording to the founder of New Image Group, Graeme Clegg who told the New Zealand Star-Times in 2007:"It's all about getting a complete burn that will actually burn the sulphur and reduce the emissions that are coming out the exhaust pipe." (New Image Group makes and markets a fuel additive product called the Power Pill FE-3, selling it on its alleged benefits for the environment.)
Negative aspects of ferrocene lead to banning:"In fact, as the Star-Times revealed two years ago, the main ingredient of the Power Pill is ferrocene, an octane enhancer, well known to the fuel industry, that causes long-term engine damage and melts the catalyst in catalytic converters. According to the International Organization for Standardization, which sets global fuel standards: "The after-treatment system is thus inevitably destroyed causing economic damage for the driver and negative ecologic effects for the environment."
Here is the Star-Times article:
In North America, if not elsewhere, fuel additives marketed in a solid, are illegal for use in fuel.
There are small ones (pictured is 1/2" x 1/4"). Large ones are on the market that must be split into smaller chunks. Use caution when handling. Chemicals are absorbed into the skin. Experiment: Do these pills really dissolve?Short Answer......
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