[AT] Carburetor Icing (Off Topic) and last post, I hope

[Gene Dotson]

    Larry;
    This is a good observation and is an example of evaporative cooling. I 
posted this in one of my previous posts. Didn't get any responses to that 
post, so don't know if nobody read it, or if it just didn't jive with their 
preconcieved notions.

                        Gene



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Carburetor Icing (Off Topic) and last post, I hope


> It's interesting that you should mention that, George, because there are
> times when I empty a gas tank into an open steel pan, and the vapor 
> pressure
> of the gasoline is low enough that with the wind blowing across the top of
> the pan, the gas cools off and condensate forms on the outside of the pan
> from moisture out of the air.  I probably shouldn't have mentioned this
> because it will be used as an example of wind chill.  The fact that you 
> are
> talking about closed vessels where the vapor pressure equalizes will also 
> be
> overlooked.   :-)
>
> I'm sorry to make "just one more post."  The devil made me do it.
>
> Larry