platinum spark plug

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• platinum spark plug — A spark plug with a platinum center electrode …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• spark plug — A device containing two electrodes across which electricity jumps to produce a spark to fire the fuel charge. The center electrode is insulated from the spark plug shell by means of a molded insulator resembling porcelain. The side electrode… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Spark plug — A spark plug (also, very rarely nowadays, in British English: a sparking plug) is an electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of some internal combustion engines and ignites compressed aerosol gasoline by means of an electric spark.… …   Wikipedia

• plug — A removable cork or stopper which fills a hole. See blanking plug coil glow plug cold plug core hole plug core plugs drain plug drain plug key drain plug spanner drain plug wrench …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• spark — The bridging or jumping of a gap between two electrodes by a current of electricity. One of the essential factors in a combustion engine (Fuel, Air, Proper proportion of mixture, compression, timing, Spark). See electronic spark advance… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• platinum group — ▪ chemical element group Introduction       six metals, in order of increasing atomic weight, ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), osmium (Os), iridium (Ir), and …   Universalium

• platinum electrode — A spark plug electrode made of platinum which lasts longer than one of nickel alloy because it can better withstand high temperatures …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Alfa Romeo Twin Spark engine — Infobox Automobile engine name=Alfa Romeo TwinSpark engine manufacturer=Alfa Romeo production=1986– type=DOHC 2/4 valve I4 predecessor=Alfa Romeo Twin Cam successor= displacement=1.4 L 1.6 L 1.7 L 1.8 L 2.0 L power = 76 kW (103 PS) 114 kW (155… …   Wikipedia

• Glow plug (model engine) — For the glow plugs used in automotive diesel engines, see Glowplug A glow plug (alternatively spelled glowplug or glow plug) is a device, similar to a spark plug, used to ignite the fuel in the very small internal combustion engines typically… …   Wikipedia

• Iridium — (pronEng|ɪˈrɪdiəm) is a chemical element that has the symbol Ir and atomic number 77. A very hard, brittle, silvery white transition metal of the platinum family, iridium is the second densest element and is the most corrosion resistant metal,… …   Wikipedia

• automobile — automobilist /aw teuh meuh bee list, moh bi list/, n. /aw teuh meuh beel , aw teuh meuh beel , aw teuh moh beel, beuhl/, n. 1. a passenger vehicle designed for operation on ordinary roads and typically having four wheels and a gasoline or diesel… …   Universalium