Boiling gas
This has never happened... A rather hot day at 7,000' elevation. Metal gas can with flexible spout, sitting in the sun. When I tried to put gas in generator, the spout first blew out a lot of a...
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It must be noted that gasoline contains a fairly wide range of substances, including some dissolved propane and butane, especially winter gas. That's why gasoline has explosive fumes. As you heat gasoline, the lower boiling components will boil off, and if you stick that gas can in the sun, at altitude, you can see that it actually has a wide range of boiling points, not some magical single temperature at which it boils.
