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In New Zealand For a complete list of books available from Penguin in New Zealand, please write to the Marketing Department, Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd, Private Bag, Takapuna, Auckland 9... 

The claims for discovery and the naming of Element 104 are still in question. The Berkeley group proposes for the new element the name rutherfordium (symbol Rf), in honor of Ernest R. Rutherford, a New Zealand physicist. Meanwhile, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics has proposed using the neutral temporary name, unnilquadium. 

Fishes in the family Salmonidae (trout and salmon) are in high demand, with the interest in salmon being greatest in developed nations. Salmon, mostiy Atiantic salmon, are produced in Canada, Chile, Norway, New Zealand, Scotiand, and the United States. Fishes in the family Cichhdae which includes several cultured species of tilapia, are reared primarily in the tropics, but have been widely introduced throughout both the developed and developing world. 

In 1981, the Dutch company TNO in cooperation with the New Zealand government converted a gasoline engine to a flexible fuel vehicle by adding a fuel sensor. The sensor deterrnined the amount of oxygen in the fuel and then used this information to mechanically adjust the carburetor jets. 

The first methanol bus in the world was placed in revenue service in Auckland, New Zealand in June 1981. It was a Mercedes O 305 city bus using the M 407 hGO methanol engine. This vehicle operated in revenue service for several years with mixed results. Fuel economy on an equivalent energy basis ranged from 6 to 17% mote than diesel fuel economy. Power and torque matched the diesel engine and drivers could not detect a difference. ReHabiUty and durabihty of components was a problem. Additional demonstrations took place in Berlin, Germany and in Pretoria, South Africa, both in 1982. 

B. M. Bertilsson, "Regulated and Unregulated Emissions from an Alcohol-Pueled Diesel Engine with Two Separate Euel Injection Systems," 5th Int. Symp. on AlcoholEuel Technology (Auckland, New Zealand, May 13—18, 1982) Vol. 3. 

In the eady 1980s, the process was commercialized in New Zealand to convert offshore natural gas to 2200 m /day (14,000 barrels/day) gasoline. Since then some of the methanol has been diverted from fuel production to chemical-grade methanol production by a dding additional methanol refining capacity. 

Phormium. The Phormium tenax plant yields a long, light-colored, hard fiber also known as New Zealand hemp or flax, although it has none of the bast fiber characteristics. The plant is a perennial of the Agavaceae with leaves up to 4 m long and 10 cm wide. The fibers are recovered by mechanical decortication. 

Countries with a negative Hst system, eg, AustraUa, Brazil, Canada, Chile, India, New Zealand, and Singapore, define flavoring substances that cannot be used or may only be used in very limited and strictly defined ways. Ak materials not on such fists may be used without limitation. This system works wek with ak natural and nature identical flavor materials, but it is not good for controlling the use of new artificial materials. Any new flavor material created wik not be specificaky fisted, and can theoreticaky be used. 

The MTG process was developed for synfuel production in response to the 1973 oil crisis and the steep rise in crude prices that followed. Because methanol can be made from any gasiftable carbonaceous source, including coal, natural gas, and biomass, the MTG process provided a new alternative to petroleum for Hquid fuels production. New Zealand, heavily dependent on foreign oil imports, utilizes the MTG process to convert vast offshore reserves of natural gas to gasoline (59). 

Fig. 6. Simplified block flow diagram for the New Zealand gas-to-gasoline (GTG) plant (61). To convert m /h to gal/min, multiply by 4.40. HGT = heavy...

Properties. Table 4 contains typical gasoline quaUty data from the New Zealand plant (67). MTG gasoline typically contains 60 vol % saturates, ie, paraffins and naphthenes 10 vol % olefins and 30 vol % aromatics. Sulfur and nitrogen levels in the gasoline are virtually lul. The MTG process produces ca 3—7 wt % durene [95-93-2] (1,2,4,5-tetra-methylbenzene) but the level is reduced to ca 2 wt % in the finished gasoline product by hydrodealkylation of the durene in a separate catalytic reactor. 

New Zealand s reserves are situated in the South Island. These are poorer and more dispersed than those in AustraUa. Production was about 80,000 tin 1989. 

G. P. Glasby and G. L. Hubred, Comprehensive Bibliography of Marine Manganese Nodules, Memoir 71, New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, Wellington, 1976, p. 55. 

A. H. BaHweg and co-workers, "Pervaporation Membranes," Proceedings of the Fifth InternationalMlcohol Fuels Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand, May 13—18, John Mclndoe, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1982. 

Direct fuel appHcations of methanol have not grown as anticipated (see Alcohol fuels). It is used in small quantities in California and other locations, primarily for fleet vehicle operation. Large-scale use of methanol as a direct fuel is not anticipated until after the year 2000. Methanol continues to be utilised in the production of gasoline by the Mobil methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) process in New Zealand. A variant of this process has also been proposed to produce olefins from methanol. 

Airlines, such as Air New Zealand and Virgin Air, give their long-distance passengers after-flight regulator travel kits, which contain vials of scents... 

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