US20050284020A1

US20050284020A1 - Material for breaking up xylene clusters

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Publication number: US20050284020A1
Application number: US11/091,479
Authority: US
Inventors: Kenrou Nakamura
Original assignee: WATER LIFE Co Ltd
Current assignee: WATER LIFE Co Ltd
Priority date: 2004-06-28
Filing date: 2005-03-29
Publication date: 2005-12-29
Also published as: JP2006008894A; JP4515169B2

Abstract

A material for breaking up a xylene cluster formed by using mylonite and thus able to physically modify a liquid fuel with no additive. When crushed mylonite was actually packed into a bag, inserted into a gasoline tank, and immersed in the gasoline for a few hours, when the automobile is driven, the carbon dioxide in the exhaust gas was reduced by a vehicle average of 10%, the carbon monoxide was reduced by a vehicle average of 79%, the hydrocarbons was reduced by a vehicle average of 82%, and the black smoke (particulate matter) was reduced by a vehicle average of 48.5%. Gasoline contains a large amount of xylene. Xylene clusters are hard to break up even by mass spectrometry (ionization step) by a gas chromatography mass spectrometer. Mass spectrometry of pure xylene before immersion and after immersion of mylonite showed the clusters (polymers) were broken up and the monomers were greatly increased in weight ratio and number ratio.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a material for breaking up xylene clusters suitable as a modifier of a fossil liquid fuel etc.
2. Description of the Related Art
As one of the measures for reducing the concentration of carbon monoxide in exhaust gas, use is being made of modified fuel. This is fuel to which a compound containing oxygen is added. At the time of combustion, the ratio of oxygen becomes rich. This leads to a higher combustion efficiency of the fuel. As the oxygen-containing compound, use is made of methyl tertial butyl ether (MTBE) containing about 12 wt % of oxygen. This is being utilized in some premium gasolines at the present.
Further, it is also known to insert tourmaline into the fuel tank to modify the fuel (see Japanese Patent Publication (A) No. 10-46162).
However, modified gasoline is more expensive than unmodified gasoline. Further, pure oxygen is not fed into the combustion chamber. It is only also by burning the oxygen-containing compound that oxygen molecules are produced and bonded with the fuel ingredient. Therefore, depending on the oxygen-containing compound, the problem arises that the concentration of black smoke will become high and carbon will deposit in the combustion chamber. Further, the modifying action of tourmaline is explained as being due to the constant emission of electromagnetic waves due to electric polarization, but there is much that is unclear about its effect of reduction of the concentration of harmful substances in exhaust gas.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel modifier able to physically modify liquid fuel without an additive unlike tourmaline.
The present invention uses mylonite as a material for breaking up xylene [C₆H₄(CH₃)₂] clusters.
This “mylonite” is a type of metamorphic rock. It is hard, nonporous, agglomerative, and often has a glassy texture. Mylonite is very easy to mechanically deform and granulate, but does not chemically change. Further, in appearance, it generally resembles firestone and exhibits a striped or a flow state. Mylonite is produced for example in the central belt of Honshu island, Japan.
First, by fuel analysis, the inventors discovered that the xylene clusters in liquid fuel (fossil fuel etc.) are difficult to break up even by mass spectrometry (ionizing step) using a gas chromatography mass spectrometer, but mylonite has a strong action breaking up even xylene clusters. Therefore, mylonite can also break up clusters of components other than xylene contained in fuel and therefore can be used as a general material for breaking up clusters. It is very good when used as a fuel modifier for obtaining a fuel rich in monomers.
By immersing mylonite in liquid fuel or running the liquid fuel over the surface of mylonite to bring the fuel into contact with it, the mylonite will break up even the xylene clusters contained in the liquid fuel to produce a liquid fuel rich in content of xylene monomers. According to such a modified fuel, the combustion efficiency is raised and a high power performance and remarkable effect of reduction of the concentration of harmful substances etc. in exhaust gas can be realized.
For example, by just packing crushed mylonite in a bag or a mesh and placing this in the fuel tank etc. to immerse it in the fuel, the clusters of xylene etc. can be broken down, so a modified liquid fuel can be obtained at a low cost.
As the liquid fuel, use can be made of not only a fossil fuel such as regular gasoline, high-octane gasoline, light oil, and kerosine, but also a non-fossil fuel. Further, mylonite can be used as a material for breaking up clusters in an oily liquid or aqueous liquid other than liquid fuel and therefore is useful as a general liquid modifier.
Since mylonite acts to break up even the hard to break up xylene clusters, even when using an unmodified fuel, the combustion efficiency is improved. This enables a high power performance and a remarkable effect of reduction of the concentration of harmful substances etc.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other objects and features of the present invention will become clearer from the following description of the preferred embodiments given with reference to the attached drawings, wherein:
FIGS. 1A and 1B are mass spectrometry graphs obtained by a gas chromatography mass spectrometer using commercially available gasoline as a sample, in which FIG. 1A is a graph of the gasoline before immersion of mylonite, and FIG. 1B is a graph of the gasoline after immersion of mylonite;
FIGS. 2A and 2B are mass spectrometry graphs obtained by a gas chromatography mass spectrometer using commercially available high-octane gasoline as a sample, in which FIG. 2A is a graph of high-octane gasoline before immersion of mylonite, and FIG. 2B is a graph of high-octane gasoline after immersion of mylonite;
FIGS. 3A and 3B are mass spectrometry graphs obtained by a gas chromatography mass spectrometer using commercially available light oil as a sample, in which FIG. 3A is a graph of light oil before immersion of mylonite, and FIG. 3B is a graph of light oil after immersion of mylonite;
FIGS. 4A and 4B are mass spectrometry graphs obtained by a gas chromatography mass spectrometer using commercially available kerosine as a sample, in which FIG. 4A is a graph of kerosine before immersion of mylonite, and FIG. 4B is a graph of kerosine after immersion of mylonite; and
FIGS. 5A and 5B are mass spectrometry graphs obtained by a gas chromatography mass spectrometer using pure xylene liquid as a sample, in which FIG. 5A is a graph of xylene before immersion of mylonite, and FIG. B is a graph of xylene after immersion of mylonite; and
FIG. 6 is a mass spectrometry graph obtained by a gas chromatography mass spectrometer using pure xylene liquid as a sample and shows xylene after immersion of pegmatite.

BEST MODE FOR WORKING THE INVENTION

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below while referring to the attached figures.
First, the inventors postulated that molecules of the different components of liquid fuel exist not only in the form of monomers, but also in the form of clusters (polymers or associations or molecular groups of monomers) with a high ratio and predicted that with a cross-sectional area of collision of one such cluster and one oxygen molecule, at the most a monomer of the cluster would be bonded (burned) with and that the bonding frequency with the remaining monomers or polymers would be lowered, the combustion efficiency would become poor in comparison with the case of only monomers even under an excess oxygen atmosphere, and therefore the concentration of harmful substances in the exhaust gas would become high. Then, they predicted that if there were a substance which could physically break up the clusters in liquid fuel and make the ratio of monomers rich, the combustion efficiency would become higher even with no additives.
In order to break up the clusters in liquid fuel, the inventors believed it necessary to strip the monomers and lower order polymers from the clusters and necessary to bring the liquid fuel and material breaking up the clusters into physical proximity or contact. The inventors investigated various rocks based on the hypothesis that an action of breaking up clusters could be obtained by rock having adsorption/desorption interfaces and as a result took note of the mylonite used as conglomerate filtering material as the material for breaking up clusters. They packed crushed mylonite in an elongated bag, gradually inserted this bag into a gasoline tank to immerse it in the liquid fuel for a few minutes, then operated the automobile. As a result, they could feel an unprecedentedly higher power performance and, at the same time, confirmed a remarkable effect of reduction of the concentration of harmful substances in exhaust gas.
The carbon dioxide in the exhaust gas was reduced by a vehicle average of 10%, the carbon monoxide was reduced by a vehicle average of 79%, the hydrocarbons were reduced by a vehicle average of 82%, and the black smoke (particulate matter) was reduced by a vehicle average of 48.5%—all major reduction rates.
However, liquid fuel contains various types of ingredients, so the inventors investigated which clusters of ingredients mylonite has a selective breaking up action on. They used mylonite (specific gravity of about 6) crushed to a particle size of about 2 to 3 mm for mass spectrometry.

EXAMPLE 1

The inventors analyzed commercially available gasoline (regular gasoline) by mass spectrometry using a gas chromatography mass spectrometer and analyzed that gasoline (about 100 cc) into which crushed mylonite (about 2 g) was placed, immersed for about 15 hours, then taken out by mass spectrometry using a gas chromatography mass spectrometer.
As the gas chromatography mass spectrometer, GCMS-QP5050A/DI-50 made by Shimadzu Corporation to which an optional direct sample introduction device (DI-50) was attached was used. This spectrometer is configured by a gas chromatography column and mass spectrometer. The gas chromatograph separates the molecular ingredients of the sample. These are then introduced into the mass spectrometer where they are ionized by an electron beam. The ionized molecules pass among four poles and are measured as an ion stream for every different mass. The intensity of the ion current measured by the mass spectrometer becomes proportional to the number of the different molecules.
In the usual method of use, the sample liquid is passed through the column for repeated adsorption and desorption with the column packing material, whereby the polymers are separated into monomers. By this, the accuracy of identification of each type of molecule is raised. However, the present analysis is aimed at the measurement of the existence per se of polymers of the sample liquid, that is, clusters, therefore the sample liquid is not passed through the column, but is directly introduced into the mass spectrometer by using the direct sample introduction device (DI-50). That is, an appropriate amount of the sample liquid was sealed in a sample pot of the direct sample introduction device (DI-50) and set in the mass spectrometer. The sample liquid was introduced in vacuo from the atmospheric air. At this time, in order to prevent the cooling and solidification by the heat of vaporization, the sample pot was heated and the sample liquid was introduced by vaporization.
FIGS. 1A and 2A are mass spectrometry graphs using commercially available gasoline as the sample liquid. The abscissa indicates the mass, while the ordinate indicates the intensity of the ion current, but the amount of the sample liquid collected in the sample pot becomes considerably off at the level of the number of molecules, therefore the absolute value of the intensity of the ion current has no meaning. Only the relative value thereof (relative ratio of peak and distribution) has meaning. Note that the sample room temperature was 110-200° C., and the detector temperature was 150° C.
Before immersion of mylonite of FIG. 1A, the gasoline contained about 10-20% of xylene, therefore the peak of 316 is a trimer of xylene [C₆H₄(CH₃)₂, molecular weight (monomer): 106] with a current intensity of 6,000 or 18,000 in monomer conversion. The peak of 531 is a pentamer of xylene with a current intensity of 1,000 or 5,000 in monomer conversion. The peak of 648 is a hexamer of xylene with one molecule of water with a current intensity of 4,000 or 24,000 in monomer conversion. The distribution by weight ratio is trimer:pentamer:hexamer=6000:5000:24000≈1:1:4. The distribution by number ratio is trimer:pentamer:hexamer=6000:1000:4000=6:1:4.
No clusters of other ingredients (toluene) etc. are recognized. It is considered that the monomers or clusters end up being broken up in the step of ionization in the mass spectrometer. Conversely, when considering the fact that clusters of xylene (trimers, pentamers, and hexamers) remain relatively unbroken even by ion irradiation, it can be deduced that clusters of xylene are hard to break up and that these clusters are present in a still more considerable ratio as xylene in gasoline before the ion irradiation. Therefore, the inventors concluded that the clusters (trimers, pentamers, hexamers) of xylene in gasoline induce incomplete combustion.
After immersion of mylonite of FIG. 1B, the peak of 316 and the peak of 531 were no longer recognized, while the peak of 647 corresponding to a hexamer of xylene was recognized. The peak of 647 is 20,000. Even if there is no change even by immersion of mylonite, from the distribution of the number ratio before immersion, the peak of 316 must be about 30,000, and the peak of 531 must be about 5,000, but after actual immersion of mylonite, no current intensity is recognized, therefore the inventors concluded that when using a hexamer as the standard, at least the clusters of the trimers and pentamers of the xylene in the gasoline were greatly reduced. No monomer or dimer could be measured even by analysis before immersion, so the inventors deduced that each trimer was broken up into three monomers or one dimer and one monomer while each pentamer was broken up into one dimer and one trimer, two dimers and one monomer, or five monomers.
Note that it can be deduced that mylonite breaks up clusters of even ingredients other than xylene, but these end up being broken up in the step of ionization in a gas chromatography mass spectrometer, so it is necessary to study other methods of analysis.

EXAMPLE 2

FIGS. 2A and 2B are mass spectrometry graphs using commercially available high-octane gasoline as the sample liquid.
Before immersion of mylonite of FIG. 2A with an intensity of the trimers of xylene (peak of 316) was 1,800 or 5,400 in monomer conversion. The peak of 442 was a quatremer with one molecule of water with an intensity of 300 or 1,200 in monomer conversion. The intensity of the pentamers (peak of 531) was 500 or 2,500 in monomer conversion. The peak of 648 was a hexamer plus one molecule of water, while the peak of 663 was a hexamer plus two molecules of water with an intensity of the hexamers (peak of 648 and peak of 663) of 1500+2400=3900 or 23,400 in monomer conversion. The distribution by weight ratio was trimer:quatremer:pentamer: hexamer=5400:1200:25000:23400≈6:1:20:20, while the distribution by number ratio was trimer:quatremer: pentamer:hexamer=1800:300:500:3900≈6:1:2:13. The distribution was biased to hexamers.
After the immersion of mylonite of FIG. 2B, the intensity of trimers was xylene (peak of 316) was 1,000 or 1000×3=3000 in monomer conversion. The intensity of quatremers (peak of 442) was 300 or 300×4=1200 in monomer conversion. The intensity of pentamers (peak of 531) was 300 or 300×5=1500 in monomer conversion. The intensity of hexamers (peak of 648 and peak of 663) was 800+1400=2200 or 2200×6=13200 in monomer conversion.
The distribution by weight ratio was trimer: quadremer:pentamer:hexamer=300:1200:1500:13200≈2:1:1:10. Further, the distribution by number ratio was trimer:quatremer:pentamer:hexamer=1000:300:300:2200≈7:1:1:7. It was seen from these distributions that the trimers increased by amount of reduction of the hexamers in comparison with before immersion, so the mylonite broke up the hexamers of xylene in the high-octane gasoline.

EXAMPLE 3

FIGS. 3A and 3B are mass spectrometry graphs using commercially available light oil as the sample liquid.
Before the immersion of mylonite of FIG. 3A, the peak of 531 was a pentamer of xylene with an intensity of current of 145 or 725 in monomer conversion. The peak of 648 was a hexamer with one molecule of water, the peak of 663 was a hexamer with two molecules of water, and the intensity of hexamers (peak of 648 and peak of 663) was 180+175=355 or 2,130 in monomer conversion. No quatremers and lower order polymers could be measured.
After the immersion of mylonite of FIG. 3B, the intensit of hexamers of xylene (peak of 648 and peak of 663) was 10+10=20 or 120 in monomer conversion. No pentamers (peak of 531) could be measured. The amount of the liquid sample was small, so no peak was manifested.

EXAMPLE 4

FIGS. 4A and 4B are mass spectrometry graphs using commercially available kerosene as the sample liquid.
Before the immersion of mylonite of FIG. 4A, the peak of 211 was a dimer of xylene with an intensity of 18 or 36 in monomer conversion. The peak of 371 was a trimer with an intensity of 20 or 60 in monomer conversion. The peak of 442 was a quatremer with water with an intensity of 43 or 172 in monomer conversion. The peak of 531 was a pentamer with an intensity of 9 or 45 in monomer conversion. The peak of 648 was a hexamer with one molecule of water, the peak of 663 was a hexamer with two molecules of water, and the intensity of hexamers (peak of 648 and peak of 663) was 11+6=17 or 289 in monomer conversion.
The distribution by weight ratio was dimer:trimer:quadremer:pentamer:hexamer=36:60:172:45:289≈1:1:4:1:3. Further, the distribution by number ratio was dimer: trimer:quatremer:pentamer:hexamer=18:20:43:9:17≈2:2:4:1:2. The distribution was biased to the quatremers or higher order polymers.
After the immersion of mylonite of FIG. 3B, the peak of 210 was a dimer of xylene with an intensity of 20 or 40 in monomer conversion. The peak of 442 was a quatremer with water with an intensity of 40 or 160 in monomer conversion. The peak of 531 was a pentamer with an intensity of 5 or 25 in monomer conversion. The peak of 648 was a hexamer with one molecule of water, the peak of 663 was a hexamer with two molecules of water, and the intensity of hexamers (peak of 648 and peak of 663) was 8+4=12 or 72 in monomer conversion. No trimer was recognized.
The distribution by weight ratio was dimer: quadremer:pentamer:hexamer=40:160:25:72≈2:8:1:3. Further, the distribution by number ratio was dimer:quatremer: pentamer:hexamer=20:40:5:12≈4:8:1:2. The distribution was biased to the quatremers or lower order polymers.
The mylonite causes the distribution of the xylene polymers in the kerosene to be biased to the quatremers or lower order polymers, therefore it was learned that mylonite breaks up higher order polymers and makes the lower order polymers richer.

EXAMPLE 5

Next, in order to actually investigate whether or not the peaks in Examples 1 to 4 were polymers of xylene, the inventors analyzed pure xylene liquid by mass spectrometry using a gas chromatography mass spectrometer and analyzed pure xylene liquid (about 100 cc) into which crushed mylonite (about 2 g) was placed, immersed for about 15 hours, then taken out by mass spectrometry using a gas chromatography mass spectrometer. The analysis conditions were the same as those of the above examples.
FIGS. 5A and 5B are mass spectrometry graphs using pure xylene (made by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd., purity: 80%, first class reagent). Note that the sample chamber temperature was 110-200° C., and the detector temperature was 150° C.
Before the immersion of mylonite of FIG. 5A, the intensity of the monomers of xylene (peak of 105) was 470. The intensity of the trimers (peak of 317) was 150 or 150×3=450 in monomer conversion. The peak of 441 was a quatremer with one molecule of water with an intensity of quatremers (peak of 441) or 600 or 600×4=2400 in monomer conversion. The intensity of pentamers (peak of 531) was 180 or 180×5=900 in monomer conversion. The peak of 647 was a hexamer with one molecule of water, the peak of 663 was a hexamer with two molecules of water, and the intensity of hexamers (peak of 647 and peak of 663) was 180+130=310 or 310×6=1860 in monomer conversion.
It was thought that the peak of the dimers would appear near 206, but the peak of 206 and the peak of 219 are far apart from the viewpoint of the break up ability. In the step of ionization of the xylene, the molecules are broken up and bonded with a high frequency, therefore the ingredients of the peaks in a low mass region are hard to identify. Further, the inventors believe that the peak of 147 and the peak of 191 are derived from impurities.
A total of xylene in monomer conversion was 6080. Further, the total number of monomers and polymers (total molecular weight) was 1710. The weight ratio of the xylene monomers based on all xylene molecules was 7.7%, and the number (number of molecules) ratio was 27.4%. The weight ratio of the xylene trimers based on all xylene molecules was 7.4%, and the number (number of molecules) ratio was 8.7%. The weight ratio of the xylene quatremers based on all xylene molecules was 39.4%, and the number (number of molecules) ratio was 35.0%. The weight ratio of the xylene pentamers based on all xylene molecules was 14.8%, and the number (number of molecules) ratio was 10.5%. The weight ratio of the xylene hexamers based on all xylene molecules was 30.5%, and the number (number of molecules) ratio was 18.1%. The distribution by weight ratio was monomer:trimer:quadremer:pentamer:hexamer=7.7:7.4:39.4:14.8:30.5≈1:1:5:2:4, while the distribution by number ratio was monomer:trimer:quadremer:pentamer:hexamer=27.4:8.7:35.0:10.5:18.1≈3:1:4:1:2. Both of the weight ratio and number ratio were biased to the quatremers or higher order polymers.
On the other hand, after the immersion of mylonite of FIG. 5B, the intensity of monomers of xylene (peak of 105) was 2,240. The intensity of trimers (peak of 317) was 100 or 100×3=300 in monomer conversion. The intensity of quatremers (peak of 441) was 500 or 500×4=2000 in monomer conversion. The intensity of pentamers (peak of 531) was 180 or 180×5=900 in monomer conversion. The intensity of hexamers (peak of 647 and peak of 663) was 200+100=300 or 300×6=1800 in monomer conversion.
The total of xylene in monomer conversion was 7,240. Further, the total number of monomers and polymers (total molecular weight) was 3,320. The weight ratio of the xylene monomers based on all xylene molecules was 30.9%, and the number (number of molecules) ratio was 67.4%. The weight ratio of the xylene trimers based on all xylene molecules was 4.1%, and the number (number of molecules) ratio was 3.0%. The weight ratio of the xylene quatremers based on all xylene molecules was 27.6%, and the number (number of molecules) ratio was 15.0%. The weight ratio of the xylene pentamers based on all xylene molecules was 12.4%, and the number (number of molecules) ratio was 5.4%. The weight ratio of the xylene hexamers based on all xylene molecules was 24.8%, and the number (number of molecules) ratio was 9.0%. The distribution by weight ratio was monomer:trimer:quadremer:pentamer:hexamer=30.9:4.1:27.6:12.4:24.8≈7:1:6:3:6, and the distribution by number ratio was monomer: trimer:quadremer:pentamer:hexamer=67.4:3.0:15.0:5.4:9.0≈22:1:5:2:3. The weight ratio was biased to the quatremers or lower order polymers, but the number ratio was biased to the monomers.
After immersion, the weight ratio of the xylene monomers became 4.1 times the ratio before immersion, the number (number of molecules) ratio of the xylene monomers became 2.45 times the ratio before, the weight ratio of the xylene trimers became 0.55 time the ratio before, the number (number of molecules) ratio of the xylene trimers became 0.34 time the ratio before, the weight ratio of the xylene quatremers became 0.70 time the ratio before, the number (number of molecules) ratio of the xylene quatremers became 0.42 time the ratio before, the weight ratio of the xylene pentamers became 0.83 time the ratio before, the number (number of molecules) ratio of the xylene pentamers became 0.51 time the ratio before, the weight ratio of the xylene hexamer became 0.81 time the ratio before, and the number (number of molecules) ratio of the xylene hexamers became 0.49 time the ratio before.
It was clarified that the mylonite had the action of breaking up the xylene polymers (clusters) and making the monomers rich (action forming monomers). When roughly solving primary simultaneous equations by adding the breakup ratio (number ratio) to each polymer, about 14% of the hexamers were broken up into a pentamer and a monomer, about 28% of the pentamers were broken up into a quatremer and a monomer, about 14% of the quatremers were broken up into a trimer and a monomer, and about 24% of the trimers were broken up into a dimer and a monomer, whereby the monomers became richer up to 67.4/27.4=2.6 times in number ratio. Mylonite has a strong action with respect to difficult to break up xylene clusters, therefore mylonite also easily breaks up clusters of other ingredients in liquid fuel, so it can be deduced that the harmful substance in the exhaust gas can be much reduced.

COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE

In order to confirm the remarkable nature of the action of mylonite in breaking up xylene clusters into monomers, as a comparative example, the inventors analyzed xylene after immersion of pegmatite as a sample liquid by mass spectrometry. Pegmatite is a type of igneous rock and usually has a rough granular structure with a crystal size of several centimeters to several tens of centimeters. Almost all of it is granitic. Note that, the conditions of the mass spectrometry were the same as those of the above examples of the invention.
After immersion of pegmatite of FIG. 6, the intensity of monomers of xylene (peak of 105) was 25. The intensity of trimers (peak of 317) was 70 or 70×3=210 in monomer conversion. The intensity of quatremers (peak of 441) was 245 or 245×4=980 in monomer conversion. The intensity of pentamers (peak of 531) was 20 or 20×5=100 in monomer conversion. The intensity of hexamers (peak of 648 and peak of 663) was 55+45=100 or 100×6=600 in monomer conversion.
The total of xylene in monomer conversions was 1,915. Further, the total number of monomers and polymers (total molecular weight) was 460. The weight ratio of the xylene monomers based on all xylene molecules was 1.3%, and the number (number of molecules) ratio was 5.4%. The weight ratio of the xylene trimers based on all xylene molecules was 10.9%, and the number (number of molecules) ratio was 15.2%. The weight ratio of the xylene quatremers based on all xylene molecules was 51.1%, and the number (number of molecules) ratio was 53.2%. The weight ratio of the xylene pentamers based on all xylene molecules was 5.2%, and the number (number of molecules) ratio was 4.3%. The weight ratio of the xylene hexamers based on all xylene molecules was 31.3%, and the number (number of molecules) ratio was 21.7%. The distribution by weight ratio was monomer:trimer:quadremer:pentamer:hexamer=1.3:10.9:51.1:5.2:31.3≈1:8:39:4:23, and the distribution by number ratio was monomer:trimer:quadremer:pentamer:hexamer=5.4:15.2:53.2:4.3:21.7≈1:3:9:1:4. Both of the weight ratio and number ratio were biased to the quatremers or higher order polymers.
After immersion, the weight ratio of the xylene monomers became 0.16 time the ratio before immersion, the number (number of molecules) ratio of the xylene monomers became 0.19 time the ratio before, the weight ratio of the xylene trimers became 1.47 times the ratio before, the number (number of molecules) ratio of the xylene trimers became 1.74 times the ratio before, the weight ratio of the xylene quatremers became 1.47 times the ratio before, the number (number of molecules) ratio of the xylene quatremers became 1.52 times the ratio before, the weight ratio of the xylene pentamers became 0.35 time the ratio before, the number (number of molecules) ratio of the xylene pentamers became 0.40 time the ratio before, the weight ratio of the xylene hexamers became 1.02 times the ratio before, and the number (number of molecules) ratio of the xylene hexamers became 1.29 times the ratio before.
Accordingly, pegmatite is not recognized as having any action breaking up xylene polymers into monomers. Note that when immersing pegmatite in xylene liquid, the monomers and the pentamers were reduced and the trimers, the quatremers, and the hexamers were increased, therefore it is deduced that pegmatite has an action of associating monomers with each other or associating monomers with lower order polymers to form higher order polymers.
While the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments chosen for purpose of illustration, it should be apparent that numerous modifications could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the basic concept and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A material for breaking up a xylene cluster formed by using mylonite.

2. A material for breaking up a cluster formed by using mylonite.

3. A liquid fuel modifier formed by using mylonite.

4. A liquid modifier formed by using mylonite.

5. A method of producing a modified liquid fuel comprised of bring a liquid fuel into contact with at least a surface of mylonite and removing the liquid fuel.

6. A liquid fuel modification system bringing liquid fuel into contact with at least a surface of mylonite.