- JP Morgan developed Jet Fuel Colonial Grade 54, commonly known as JP-54 to people around the world. AVGAS 100, or AVGAS 100LL worldwide, replaced JP-54 fuel. AVGAS 100 is now preferred for its lower sulfur content. JP-54 was made exclusively in Jordan.
- Antioxidants play a major role in the process of making jet fuel. The water-processed fuel requires anywhere from 17 to 24 milligrams of iodine, or mg/I, of antioxidants. In the non-hydro processed fuel, there needs to be at least 17 mg/I of antioxidants. Another additive requires 3 mg/I of Stadis 450. Stadis 450 is a static dissipator, consisting of dinonylnapthalene sulfonic acid and other organic solvents.
- Jet Fuel Colonial Grade 54 has a strict guideline in its composition. Very little acidity, only .01 milligrams of potassium hydroxide per gram, is allowed into the mix. Nearly 22 percent of the volume mixture is aromatics, or a carbon-hydrogen bond. The total sulfur ingredient is 0.3 percent of the mass mixture.
- Maintaining thermal stability control of Jet Fuel Colonial Grade 54 requires a temperature of 280 C. The filter pressure system requires a low level of mercury to maintain an acceptable form of jet fuel. Normal atmospheric pressure is 760 millimeters of mercury, or mm Hg. but the fuel requires a maximum of 323 mm Hg.
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