Return-Path: Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net ([216.148.227.85] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c1) with ESMTP id 724342 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:54:11 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.148.227.85; envelope-from=jesse@jessfarr.com Received: from office5 (pcp04959909pcs.midval01.tn.comcast.net[68.59.199.44]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <2005021022532101400roup8e>; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:53:21 +0000 Message-ID: <078901c50fc3$45553aa0$057ba8c0@farr.com> From: "jesse farr" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Heating the Fuel Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:53:00 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0786_01C50F99.5C40A300" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0786_01C50F99.5C40A300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A typical mid-grade gasoline from US Oil and Refining Co has a flash = point of -43=B0C; all gasolines and similar hydrocarbon liquids will = have flash points below the freezing point of water. This means that at = ANY reasonable ambient temperature, there are dangerous quantities of = fumes above any substantial amount of gasoline. The boiling point is a = bit problematic; the gasolines cited above lists 9 or 10 ingredients, = many of which are themselves mixtures, and many of which have rather = different boiling points. And different gasolines, even from the same = company, will have different ingredients,allegedly fine-tuned to meet = the octane rating and the local air quality standards. (stolen from one = of ask jeeves's expert's answer, just can't remember who.) jofarr ------=_NextPart_000_0786_01C50F99.5C40A300 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

A typical mid-grade = gasoline=20 from US Oil and Refining Co has a = flash point=20 of -43=B0C; all gasolines and similar hydrocarbon liquids will have = flash points=20 below the freezing point of water. This means that at ANY reasonable = ambient=20 temperature, there are dangerous quantities of fumes above any = substantial=20 amount of gasoline. The boiling point is a bit problematic; the=20 gasolines cited above lists 9 or 10 ingredients, many of which are=20 themselves mixtures, and many of which have rather different boiling = points. And=20 different gasolines, even from the same company, will have different=20 ingredients,allegedly fine-tuned to meet the octane rating and the local = air=20 quality standards. (stolen from one of ask jeeves's expert's answer, = just can't=20 remember who.)

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