Gasoline?

[Eyeron]

Is it possible for gasoline to freeze? If yes at what temperature does it freeze?

[zooterkin]

Have you tried looking here (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=freezing%20point%20of%20gasoline)?

[John Jones]

Is it possible for gasoline to freeze? If yes at what temperature does it freeze?

It won't have a fixed freezing point because it's a mixture of compounds. It's also formulated differently in cold weather vs warm weather.

[Eyeron]

Have you tried looking here (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=freezing%20point%20of%20gasoline)?

Yes but my search skills suck and I couldn't find what i was looking for.

[RecoveringYuppy]

John's answer is right, but a rough number would be about 160F below zero.

[fuelair]

The always correct answer is it will be frozen by -272 degrees C (0 K) as that will frreeze anything by definition and reality.

[GanipGnop]

Gasoline's flash point is about -97F depending on the additives it won't burn below this temperature. Certain components will start to freeze at -120F and the gaseous components start to freeze at about -225F.

[Thunder]

Is it possible for gasoline to freeze? If yes at what temperature does it freeze?

unless you plan on driving your car in outer space, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

[zooterkin]

Yes but my search skills suck and I couldn't find what i was looking for.

The link I gave finds the answer for you. It's the first search I tried. The terms I chose seem obvious to me; what did you try? I'm honestly curious, as I do find people asking me for help in finding things which I can find straight away, and I'm not sure what I'm doing differently from them.

[Eyeron]

Well, I asked a question about when does gasoline freeze and got pretty much no information. Of course I could've misspelled something along the way too.

[MrQhuest]

Interesting.

-97F ~ -81C
Coldest temperature on earth was recorded as -89C.
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/YongLiLiang.shtml

So there actually is a possibility that gas will not burn if you are driving your car around in Antarctica.

MrQ

[zooterkin]

Interesting.

-97F ~ -81C
Coldest temperature on earth was recorded as -89C.
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/YongLiLiang.shtml

So there actually is a possibility that gas will not burn if you are driving your car around in Antarctica.

MrQ
It's certainly a problem with diesel, which is less volatile; truckers in cold climates often have to light fires under the fuel tank before they can get the fuel flowing.

[Agular]

Well, I asked a question about when does gasoline freeze and got pretty much no information. Of course I could've misspelled something along the way too.

Yeah, right. Of course that would not help your post count. Take a look at this misspelled search.

http://www.google.com/search?q=iz+it+possible+for+gasaline+to+freeze

[Ziggurat]

The always correct answer is it will be frozen by -272 degrees C (0 K) as that will frreeze anything by definition and reality.

No. 0 K is not defined in terms of what will freeze. And in reality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium#Solid_and_liquid_phases), Helium never freezes unless put under pressure - even at 0 K it remains a liquid (though not a normal one).

[John Jones]

Interesting.

-97F ~ -81C
Coldest temperature on earth was recorded as -89C.
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/YongLiLiang.shtml

So there actually is a possibility that gas will not burn if you are driving your car around in Antarctica.

MrQ

Gasoline in Antarctica would presumably be formulated with more low-molecular weight alkanes for easier engine starting on those cold Antarctic mornings. ;)

[Dorian Gray]

Is it possible for gasoline to freeze? If yes at what temperature does it freeze?Google? Yahoo? Wikipedia? Have you heard of these? I'm just saying...

[Eyeron]

If you would've read the thread you would've seen that I already answered that question.

[bruto]

If you would've read the thread you would've seen that I already answered that question.Come on now, how hard could it be? If you want to know about the freezing point of gasoline, and enter a google search for FREEZING POINT OF GASOLINE (http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&q=freezing+point+of+gasoline&btnG=Google+Search), can you guess what you'll find?

[Uncayimmy]

Come on now, how hard could it be? If you want to know about the freezing point of gasoline, and enter a google search for FREEZING POINT OF GASOLINE (http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&q=freezing+point+of+gasoline&btnG=Google+Search), can you guess what you'll find?

From which I learned using the links from that search:

32, if there's some water in it.
-40
-120 to -240
-150
-200 to -300
-230

[Eyeron]

Come on now, how hard could it be? If you want to know about the freezing point of gasoline, and enter a google search for FREEZING POINT OF GASOLINE (http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&q=freezing+point+of+gasoline&btnG=Google+Search), can you guess what you'll find?

I already answered this *********** question. Stop repeating it. It only makes you look like an ignorant ass.

[zooterkin]

I already answered this *********** question. Stop repeating it. It only makes you look like an ignorant ass.

It certainly makes someone look like an ignorant ass...

[Dorian Gray]

Sorry. My not repeating obvious questions skills suck. ;)

[GeeMack]

I already answered this *********** question. Stop repeating it. It only makes you look like an ignorant ass.


Using simple, straightforward search terms and getting relevant answers does seem to be easy for a lot of us. So easy, in fact, that it baffles us when some people can't easily find answers to such basic questions. It takes less than 30 seconds and no more than 2 or 3 searches for many of us to find an answer. So when someone opens a thread like you did here, we often go a couple of ways with our thinking.

First, we're a little surprised that someone could be so incapable of doing a simple search, so we consider that the person might just be lazy. Then when we discover that the person is incapable rather than lazy, we are genuinely curious as to what sort of search terms you may have tried and not gotten a quick answer to an easy question.

Oh, and for future reference, since you're clearly not grateful for the help you have received, you'll probably be less likely to get any help next time you open a thread asking other people to do your searching for you.

[Eyeron]

nm

[ZirconBlue]

So. . . did you try google, yet?

[GreyICE]

The always correct answer is it will be frozen by -272 degrees C (0 K) as that will frreeze anything by definition and reality.

Helium. Requires very high pressures to freeze solid, at any temperature whatsoever. It requires 2.5 MPa to solidify at 1.5 K. At standard pressures, it will not freeze. Ever. Even at vanishingly close to absolute zero (and theoretically even at absolute zero).

ETA: Ziggy already noted this :p

[Matty1973]

nm

What does nm mean? I tried Google but it suggested nanometer. May be I misspelled it. http://forums.randi.org/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Ladewig]

What does nm mean? I tried Google but it suggested nanometer. May be I misspelled it. http://forums.randi.org/images/smilies/wink.gif

no message


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ETA: I just did a google search and found that "never mind" is a more common usage.

[bruto]

no message


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ETA: I just did a google search and found that "never mind" is a more common usage.Google? What the hell does Google know?

[zooterkin]

What GeeMack said.


Oh, and for future reference, since you're clearly not grateful for the help you have received, you'll probably be less likely to get any help next time you open a thread asking other people to do your searching for you.

Indeed, my first response asked if you had used google, as well as giving an example search string ,which returned the answer you were looking for. Your reply:
Yes but my search skills suck and I couldn't find what i was looking for.

I can't see anything in that which can be construed as 'thank you'.

[Eyeron]

Sorry, thank you zooterkin.

[FarmallMTA]

unless you plan on driving your car in outer space, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Yeah, but what with Anthropogenic Global Warming frying the planet and boiling the Heavens, even outer space isn't going to be freezing gasoline by early next year, or so. All you Warmers can safely drive cars back to your home galaxys far, far away, courtesy of us AGW skeptics.

You're welcome! ;)

[zooterkin]

Sorry, thank you zooterkin.

You're welcome.