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Textbook Solutions for Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach

Chapter 3 Problem 310C

Question

It is well known that warm air in a cooler environment rises. Now consider a warm mixture of air and gasoline on top of an open gasoline can. Do you think this gas mixture will rise in a cooler environment?

Solution

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The molar mass of gasoline  is , which is much larger than the molar mass of air that is . Therefore, the gasoline vapor will settle down instead of rising even if it is at a much higher temperature than the surrounding air.

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Title Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach  8 
Author Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles
ISBN 9780073398174

Solved: It is well known that warm air in a cooler

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