Re: [T3] Wish me luck!

[Michael Cecil <macecil@comcast.net>]

<x-flowed>At 08:21 AM 12/20/2005, Jim Adney said:

>I see it, but I don't believe it. Perhaps they are quoting the boiling
>point of
>the most volatile component, but we've all had cars parked in the 
sun on 100F
>days and still had gas left to drive home with. I've also spilled 
gas on a hot
>sidewalk and not heard it "sizzle."

Some of the entries give ranges for the BP with 77 being just the 
bottom so I think you're right about that being just the most 
volatile element.  In fact, the reason for all the entries is that 
there isn't just one standard gasoline formulation.

If the common BP was that low we wouldn't have stories about vapor 
lock only happening after the car's engines get hot.
--
Michael Cecil
macecil@comcast.net
http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/

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