what is an octane number explan

A value used to indicate the resistance of a motor fuel to knock. Octane numbers are based on a scale on which isooctane is 100 (minimal knock) and heptane is 0 (bad knock). Also Known As: Octane Rating

It is a measure of the ignition quality of gas (gasoline or petrol). Higher this number, the less susceptible is the gas to 'knocking' (explosion caused by its premature burning in the combustion chamber) when burnt in a standard (spark-ignition internal combustion) engine. Octane number denotes the

If I remember my +2, I came to conclusion that octane number is the measurement of the antiknock properties of gases or in simpler terms measurement of ignition quality of gas!!! But at the same time I would like to tell you a thing that this is a Career Query Portal try to use it for the same... N