How Does Platinum Affect the Burning Rate of Gasoline?

[samblohm]

Is there a way to determine how quickly gasoline or something else would burn at a specific temperature with a specific amount of platinum and oxygen present? Or at what temperature it will auto-ignite at with a certain amount of oxygen and platinum present?

 

[Topher925]

As far as I know, the kinetics of such reactions can only be accurately determined experimentally.