Dripping Evaporating Gasoline
Most recent answer: 10/22/2007
Q:
we overfilled the gas tank of our truck, it dripped overnight - the temperature stayed above 45f and yet there was a cone of hard ice where it had dripped. can you explain?
- forrest
vermont
- forrest
vermont
A:
Evaporating gas cools things down, just like evaporating water. Still, I’m amaxed that the effect was as large as you report.
Mike W.
Mike W.
(published on 10/22/2007)