What is the physical state of gasoline at room temperature?

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anor277
Sep 12, 2016

Well, it was a liquid the last time I filled my motor up.

Explanation:

Gasoline is a mixture of hydrocarbons, isomeric pentanes to isomeric octanes. The most volatile component is probably #"n-pentane"#, which has a normal boiling point of #36# #""^@C#. Thus gas is a liquid at room temperature.

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