The compound added to leaded gasoline to prevent lead oxide and lead sulphate deposits in the engine is ethylene dibromide (or its related compound ethylene dichloride). This lead scavenger reacts with the lead deposits to form more volatile lead bromides (or chlorides), which are then carried out of the engine as a gas with the exhaust.
The compound which is added to leaded gasoline to save engine from lead oxide and lead sulphate deposits?
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