...chemical properties of gasoline?i.e. enthalpy,specif...

Answer by hic erro
Submitted on 3/23/2005
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Gasoline does not go 'bad' in the chemical sense -- it gets water in it. To make matters worse, when you have water sitting under oil [gasoline], it acts as a barrier to evaporation; small amounts of water, like dew, can drip into the gas tank, and then /stick there/, because the gasoline protects them from evaporation. If you had emptied your tank before winter, these small bits of water would have evaporated and never collected to cause you the problems they did. When you finished off the tank of gas, there was no longer a layer of gas floating on top of the water, preventing from evaporating, and so it did. By the time you refilled the tank, the water was gone, and everything was fine and dandy.

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Question by omer
Submitted on 7/27/2003
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what is chemical properties of gasoline?i.e. enthalpy,specific gravity etc

Answer by redshomepro
Submitted on 9/4/2003
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what causes gasoline to go bad? How long will gasoline stay fresh and useable?

Answer by shampoo
Submitted on 10/27/2003
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Gas does not go bad. that is an old wives tale.

Answer by wives tales
Submitted on 12/5/2003
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Gas can go bad. We had a go cart that we forgot to drain the gas out of. After sitting all winter, it ran horrible until we ran it completly out of gas and filled it up with new gas. Then it ran perfect, with no other adjustments. Had to be the gas!

Answer by woomanfoo
Submitted on 2/15/2004
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i want to know what gasoline's chemical properties are too heh

Answer by c.l.c.
Submitted on 2/25/2004
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to answer your questions about "if gas goes bad" it is true that gas does change after a certain period of time. usually after several months. the problem people see in small engines with BAD gas is the natural evaporation of the product over time. gas does not however go bad if it is in a sealed container that is made of glass.

Answer by stolenmind
Submitted on 10/8/2004
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the gasoline sucks!!!!

Answer by KS
Submitted on 11/22/2004
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what are the other uses for gasoline other then a fuel?

Answer by jig jog
Submitted on 12/11/2004
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which works better ethanol or gasoline?

Answer by Crimson
Submitted on 3/24/2005
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How would you clean up gasoline?

Answer by babe
Submitted on 9/12/2005
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I want to know what are some chemical properties of gasoline. I can't find it anywhere on the web.

Answer by PurdueGuy
Submitted on 11/9/2005
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Gasoline does not go bad. To answer wives tale what probably happened was condensation of water caused by a large vapor space in the gas tank of the go cart, similar to difficult winter time car starts, especially when the air is extremely humid. If the gas tank is kept full, there is virtually no chance of condensation occurring. Water buildup in your gas tank will cause poor starting. This is when you add a bottle of HEET. It absorbs the water

Answer by shorty*
Submitted on 12/4/2005
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First of all, gasoline doesn't go bad. What happens is during the winter months the gas company's put something in the gas, which enables the gasoline not to freeze, which makes it easier for your car to start. So technically speaking the gas from the summer is a different kind of gas than the winter.

Answer by ERIC
Submitted on 4/12/2006
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What are the chemical properties of gas please email me at ericbeto@yahoo.com

Answer by Andy!!!
Submitted on 4/24/2006
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your answers all suck

Answer by T!M-T@M2
Submitted on 6/6/2006
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have now idea! coz i dont noe wat ur fellaz r talking about! sorie

Answer by chemicalengineerdude
Submitted on 12/12/2006
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Gas goes bad if not in a sealed container. This is because it is a mixture of hundreds of compounds with different vapor pressures (boiling points). This allows a natural separation of the lighter components evaporating quicker than the heavier components. As this happens, the origninal "formula" is altered. Gradually, your gasoline mixture becomes less and less volatile to the point where it may cause ignition problems. I had that happen with a motorcycle that sat for over a year. It wouldn't start. All I did was drain and refill the tank and she started right up.

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Answer by yoyo
Submitted on 9/10/2006
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will anyone answer the original question?...i need to know too

Answer by bubs
Submitted on 11/29/2006
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THIS IS SO TOTALLY AWESOME!!!

Answer by thatonetom
Submitted on 2/13/2007
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wow, bad does NOT go bad. the RC sitting in the garage for a long means: 1. engine have been used, means the parts aren't lubed 2. the gas evaporated 3. gas doesn't go "BAD" after you ran it, the parts were lubed, new gas that hasn't evaporated, was added. two huge factors contribute to the difference. that's your explaination. and again, gas doesn't go "bad"

Answer by unknown
Submitted on 3/2/2007
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chemical property----flammable,

Answer by Reaper Man
Submitted on 3/16/2007
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Gas cannot go "bad", with regards to the response from 'wives tales' the gas you were likely using had not 'gone bad' but had more likely been contaminated by rust from the tank seeing as you had left it in there so long.

Answer by brace
Submitted on 4/6/2007
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you idiot the gas went bad cause water prob got into it