Asked by Kristina

Inside the cylinders of a diesel engine, the mixture of fuel and air is compressed to about 1/20 of its original volume. Although diesel engines have no spark plugs to ignite this mixture, it ignites anyway because of what?
Answered by drwls
Compression results in heating of the mixture. The heating is enough to cause ignition.
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