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Original Articles

Comparison and analysis of the emissions of a small non-road spark-ignition engine operating under different alcohol–gasoline blended fuels

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Pages 258-266 | Received 17 Dec 2013, Accepted 26 Jan 2014, Published online: 08 Apr 2014

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