Sunday, March 16, 2014

Why do they call a carburetor a carburetor?

Why do they call a carburetor a carburetor?
The word carburetor comes from the French carbure meaning "carbide".[1] Carburer means to combine with carbon. In fuel chemistry, the term has the more specific meaning of increasing the carbon (and therefore energy) content of a fuel by mixing it with a volatile hydrocarbon.

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