Octane testing has traditionally be...

Octane testing has traditionally been a heavy cumbersome, expensive process for states. recent Mexico, for example, is required to analyze 10000-12000 samples by means of year, but the testing is to such a degree costly the state is unable to come up to face to face these requirements.

Looking for a cheaper, quicker atternative, the strange Mexico Department of Agriculture (DOA) has begun using a near-infrared screening (NIR) scheme that cuts testing costs from $50 a sample to $1 through sample and turnover from the same hour to minutes.

According to Floyd Highfill, state chemist for the DOA's Standards and Consumer Services Division mineral tar Standards Laboratory, the division now can defend the state's 110,000 square miles -- which incorporates 2200 gasoline vents and 20 major distributors with a testing commonness of three times per year because of NIR's reduc turnaround time.

"Octane monitoring with CFR engines can take up to an hour for