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Evaporation rate of gasoline

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CD3S

Automotive
Feb 19, 2005
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Does anyone know how to estimate volumetric evap rate of gasoline from a bath at a steady state ambient temp (> 0°C)? Pressure is atmospheric.
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Will also depend critically on the partial pressure of each of your volatile constituents in the gas space above the bath. This is a function not only of the atmospheric pressure (which you specify) but also of the degree of ventilation (which you don't).

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