Abstract:
PETROLEUM DISTILLATE FUELS CONTAINING OLEFINS AND DISSOLVED MOLECULAR OXYGEN ARE TREATED WITH FROM 0.1 TO 1.0 WT. PERCENT OF AT LEAST ONE ARYLHYDRAZONE, PREFERABLY THE ARYLHYDRAZONE OF A CYCLO ALIPHATIC SATURATED HYDROCARBON KETONE, AFTER WHICH BOTH THE INSOLUBLE AND SOLUBLE GUMS ARE SEPARATED FROM THE SO TREATED FUELS.