Fuel compositions exhibiting improved fuel stability

1. A fuel composition comprising: a combustion improving amount of dimethyl carbonate, a combustion improving amount of at least one combustible compound containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of aluminum, boron, bromine, bismuth, beryllium, calcium, cesium, chromium, cobalt, copper, francium, gallium, germanium, iodine, iron, indium, lithium, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, niobium, phosphorus, potassium, palladium, rubidium, sodium, tin, zinc, praseodymium, rhenium, silicon, vanadium, strontium, barium, radium, scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, actinium, cerium, thorium, titanium, zirconium, hafium, praseodymium, protactinium, tantalum, neodylum, uranium, tungsten, promethium, neptunium, samarium, plutonium, ruthenium, osmium, europium, americium, rhodium, iridium, gadolinium, curium, platinum, terbium, berkelium, silver, gold, dysprosium, californium, cadmium, mercury, holmium, titanium, erbium, thulium, arsenic, antimony, ytterbium, selenium, tellurium, polonium, lutetium, astatine, mixture thereof, including organic and inorganic derivatives; optionally hydrogen or a hydrocarbon base fuel; wherein said fuel composition has a pH of from 4.5 to 10.5 and is a vapor phase composition characterized upon combustion as having a luminous reaction zone extending from surface of said element, and wherein the combustible compound is selected from the group consisting of cyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl, [2-(cyclohexenyl)ethyl]tri-ethoxy-silane, cyclohexenyl dimethoxymethylsilane, benzyltrimethylsilane, N-(3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl)ethylenediamine, N-1-(3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl)di-ethylenetriamine, N-(3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl)ethylenediamine, 1-(tri-methyl(silyl)pyrrolidine, triphenylsilanol, octamethyltrisiloxane, 2,2,4,4,6,6-hexamethylcyclotrisilazane, hexamethylcyctrisiloxane, hexamethyldisilane, 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexamethyl disilazane, hexamethyldisiloxane, hexamethyldi-silthiane, allyltributylsilane, tetraalkylsilanes, 3-aminopropyltriethoxy-silane, benzytrimethylsilane, benzytriethylsilane, N-benzyltrimethylsilyl-amine,diphenylsilanediol, dihexylsilanediol, (trimethylsilyl)cyclopentadi-ene, potassium hexacyanoferrate(II), potassium hexacyanoferrate(III), potassium hexacyanocobalt II-ferrate, potassium hexacyanocobalt, potassium sodium ferricyanide, potassium ethoxide, and mixtures thereof.

2. The fuel composition of claim 1 , wherein the pH is less than 9.5.

3. The fuel composition of claim 1 , wherein the pH is less than 8.0.

4. The fuel composition of claim 1 , wherein the pH is from 6.3 to 6.8.

5. The composition of claim 1 further comprising a co-metallic catalyst, selected from group consisting of trimethoxymethylsilane, ethoxytrimethylsilane, isobutyltriethoxysilane, tetramethylsilane, dimethoxy-methyl-vinyl-silane- , methyltriethoxysilane, 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, 3-aminopropyl-trimethoxysilane, vinyltrimethoxysilane, diethoxydimethylsilane, dimethoxydimethylsilane, vinyltris(2-butyl-denami- nooxy)silane, tetramethoxysilane, tetraethoxysilane, tetrapropyl-oxysilane, tetraisopropylsilane, tetraisobutylsilane, dimethylphosphite, dipropylphosphite, diethylphosphite, dibutylphosphite, di-tert-butyl-phosphite, trialkylphosphites trimethylphosphite, triethylphosphite, triisopropylphosphite, tributylphosphite), dimethylmethylphosphonate, diethylmethylphosphonate, potassium pryophosphite, trimethylorthoacetate, triethylorthoacetate, trimethylorthobutyrate, triethylorthobutyrate, trimethylorthovalerate, trimethylorthoformate, including homolgues, analogues, isomers, derivatives, and mixture thereof.

6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the fuel composition comprises an aviation turbine hydrocarbon base having a viscosity equal or exceeding 8.1 MM2/S, and the fuel composition is characterized as being acidic not exceeding equivalent of 0.1 mg KOH/g.

7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the fuel composition is a diesel fuel oil, the hydrocarbon base fuel has a viscosity equal to or greater than 2.5, MM2/S at 40° C., and the fuel composition has a pH less than 10.5 and a viscosity equal to or less than 2.4 MM2/S at 40° C.

8. A fuel composition of claim 1 , wherein said composition is a gasoline, characterized as having a pH less than 10.5, with a maximum Reid Vapor Pressure of 12.0 psi, a maximum of 12% olefins, a maximum of 30% aromatics, a maximum of 2.0% benzene, a maximum of 50 ppm sulfur or sulfur free, a total O 2 concentration ranging from 0.5% to 10.0% wt of dimethyl carbonate, a combustible metal or non-metal selected from group consisting of cyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl, [2-(cyclohexenyl)ethyl]tri-ethoxysilane, cyclohexenyl dimethoxymethylsilane, benzyltrimethylsilane, N-(3-(trimethoxysilyl)propy- l)ethylenediamine, N-1-(3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl)di-ethylenetriamine, N-(3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl)ethylenediamine, 1-(trimethyl(silyl)-pyrroli- dine, triphenylsilanol, octamethyltrisiloxane, 2,2,4,4,6,6-hexamethylcyclo-trisilazane, hexamethylcyctrisiloxane, hexamethyldisilane, 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexamethyl disilazane, hexamethyldisiloxane, hexamethyldisilthiane, allyltributylsilane, tetraalkylsilanes, 3-aminopropyltriethoxy-silane, benzytrimethylsilane, benzytri-ethylsilane, N-benzyltrimethylsilyl-amine, diphenylsilanediol, dihexylsilanediol, trimethylsily)cyclopentadiene, potassium hexacyanoferrate(II), potassium hexacyanoferrate(III), potassium hexacyanocobalt II-ferrate, potassium hexa-cyanocobalt, potassium sodium ferricyanide, potassium ethoxide, or mixture, a maximum T-90 temperature of 330° F. to 280° F., a T-50 temperature of approx. 170° F. to 230° F., a minimum (R+M)/2 octane of 85 to 92, a bromine number of 20 or less, an average latent heat of vaporization of 880 to 920 BTU/gal at 60° F., a heating value greater than 106,000 btu/gal at 60° F.