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Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? #1443872 05/28/13 09:23 PM 05/28/13 09:23 PM
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fullmetaljacket OP master F Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,849	I'm no Chemical/liquid scientist, but I weighed a gallon of Poland Spring water today and the scale read 8.5 pounds. The Plastic container must not even tip the scales at an ounce or so. I've always heard that Gasoline weighs 6.5 pounds. Are they both different in weight because of their molecular structures?

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: fullmetaljacket] #1443873 05/28/13 09:38 PM 05/28/13 09:38 PM
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Pacnorthcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 21,819 Kirkland, Washington	Water is heavier. Toss some gas on water and Toss a match...

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: Pacnorthcuda] #1443874 05/28/13 09:39 PM 05/28/13 09:39 PM
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Mr.Yuck Not enough dumb comments...yet Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 24,562 Brookeville, Md	H2O.. oil is also lighter than water.... [IMG]http://i66.tinypic.com/pui5j.jpg[/IMG] Coming soon!!!!

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: fullmetaljacket] #1443875 05/28/13 09:39 PM 05/28/13 09:39 PM
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70AARcuda master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,826 las vegas	specific gravity of gasoline is around... Gasoline, Vehicle 60oF 0.739 Specific gravity of water is 1.000 Gasoline will float on top of water...anything with a specific gravity of less then 1.00000 ..floats.. http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/specific-gravity-liquids-d_336.html Tony 70 AARCuda Vitamin C 71 Dart Swinger 360 10.318 @ 128.22(10-04-14 Bakersfield) 71 Demon 360 10.666 @122.41 (01-29-17 @ Las Vegas) 71 Duster 408 (10.29 @ 127.86 3/16/19 Las Vegas)

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: fullmetaljacket] #1443876 05/28/13 09:40 PM 05/28/13 09:40 PM
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696pack mopar 6 Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 511 AZ.	Water weighs 8.44 pounds per gallon and gas is lighter however I don't know the weight. Water is the heavyist liquid on earth other than mercury which I believe is classified as a metal and not considered a liquid.

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: fullmetaljacket] #1443877 05/28/13 09:41 PM 05/28/13 09:41 PM
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Suregrip391 top fuel S Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,978 USA	Quote: I'm no Chemical/liquid scientist, but I weighed a gallon of Poland Spring water today and the scale read 8.5 pounds. The Plastic container must not even tip the scales at an ounce or so. I've always heard that Gasoline weighs 6.5 pounds. Are they both different in weight because of their molecular structures? All I know is that water weighs 8.34 pounds per gallon,

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: Suregrip391] #1443878 05/28/13 09:43 PM 05/28/13 09:43 PM
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70AARcuda master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,826 las vegas	Quote: Quote: I'm no Chemical/liquid scientist, but I weighed a gallon of Poland Spring water today and the scale read 8.5 pounds. The Plastic container must not even tip the scales at an ounce or so. I've always heard that Gasoline weighs 6.5 pounds. Are they both different in weight because of their molecular structures? All I know is that water weighs 8.34 pounds per gallon, at 60 degrees F... Tony 70 AARCuda Vitamin C 71 Dart Swinger 360 10.318 @ 128.22(10-04-14 Bakersfield) 71 Demon 360 10.666 @122.41 (01-29-17 @ Las Vegas) 71 Duster 408 (10.29 @ 127.86 3/16/19 Las Vegas)

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: fullmetaljacket] #1443879 05/28/13 09:59 PM 05/28/13 09:59 PM
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fullmetaljacket OP master F Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,849	I guess just like the difference between air and Helium. Air being heavier.

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: 70AARcuda] #1443880 05/28/13 10:03 PM 05/28/13 10:03 PM
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Skeptic master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,395 The Pale Blue Dot	To be pedantic, water is denser, or heavier per unit volume.

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: 696pack] #1443881 05/28/13 10:07 PM 05/28/13 10:07 PM
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Shoozy I have a foot fetish S Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 9,654 Southern by Choice	Quote: Water is the heavyist liquid on earth other than mercury which I believe is classified as a metal and not considered a liquid. There are thousands of liquids heavier than water. Old, tired, and sometimes broke down. Me, not my car...

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: 696pack] #1443882 05/28/13 10:10 PM 05/28/13 10:10 PM
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BSB67 master Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,311 Prospect, PA	Quote: .......Water is the heavyist liquid on earth other than mercury...... ???? I don't know if there are other qualifiers to this statement or not, but there are a bunch of liquids heavier than water.

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: fullmetaljacket] #1443883 05/28/13 10:26 PM 05/28/13 10:26 PM
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jcc If you can't dazzle em with diamonds.. J Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 22,695 Bitopia	Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: BSB67] #1443884 05/28/13 10:44 PM 05/28/13 10:44 PM
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70Cuda383 Too Many Posts Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 21,345 Marysville, O-H-I-O	Quote: Quote: .......Water is the heavyist liquid on earth other than mercury...... ???? I don't know if there are other qualifiers to this statement or not, but there are a bunch of liquids heavier than water. Not to mention, "liquid" is one of 3 forms of matter that a substance can be. H2O can be a solid (ice) liquid (water) or gas (steam). And since density changes with temperature you must add a temperature as another qualifier. I have no idea what liquid oxygen weighs per gallon, but I can tell you that it's VERY cold. And at some point, mercury will freeze into a solid just as at some point, iron turns into a liquid. Photobucket sucks

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: 70Cuda383] #1443885 05/28/13 11:02 PM 05/28/13 11:02 PM
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Supercuda About to go away Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 14,889 up yours	Quote: Not to mention, "liquid" is one of 3 forms of matter that a substance can be. H2O can be a solid (ice) liquid (water) or gas (steam). There are four forms of matter, plasma being the fourth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_%28physics%29 They say there are no such thing as a stupid question. They say there is always the exception that proves the rule. Don't be the exception.

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: Supercuda] #1443886 05/29/13 01:50 PM 05/29/13 01:50 PM
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HotRodDave I Live Here H Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,419 Kalispell Mt.	Some things "sublime" and skip from solid to gas without ever being a liquid like CO2. However, at a very high pressure and the correct temperature it could also become a liquid. I am not causing global warming, I am just trying to hold off a impending Ice Age!

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: Supercuda] #1443887 05/29/13 02:00 PM 05/29/13 02:00 PM
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GTX MATT master Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,161 CT	Quote: Quote: Not to mention, "liquid" is one of 3 forms of matter that a substance can be. H2O can be a solid (ice) liquid (water) or gas (steam). There are four forms of matter, plasma being the fourth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_%28physics%29 Where do ghosts/spirits fall into this? Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: GTX MATT] #1443888 05/29/13 02:02 PM 05/29/13 02:02 PM
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Supercuda About to go away Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 14,889 up yours	Quote: Quote: Quote: Not to mention, "liquid" is one of 3 forms of matter that a substance can be. H2O can be a solid (ice) liquid (water) or gas (steam). There are four forms of matter, plasma being the fourth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_%28physics%29 Where do ghosts/spirits fall into this? According to Michio Kaku, they could be from another dimension, if they exist. They say there are no such thing as a stupid question. They say there is always the exception that proves the rule. Don't be the exception.

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: fullmetaljacket] #1443889 05/29/13 02:17 PM 05/29/13 02:17 PM
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Cab_Burge I Win C Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,116 Bend,OR USA	Quote: I'm no Chemical/liquid scientist, but I weighed a gallon of Poland Spring water today and the scale read 8.5 pounds. The Plastic container must not even tip the scales at an ounce or so. I've always heard that Gasoline weighs 6.5 pounds. Are they both different in weight because of their molecular structures? I think race gas is around 6.25 lbs per gallon(7.40 density) , airplane 100 Low Lead is around 6.0 lbs per gallon(5.90) and pump gas in probally close to race gas weight, 7.0 to 7.3 in a gasoline hydrometer I think the U.S.Army use to use 8.5 lbs per gallon of water minus the container weight when figuring what weights you where going to to tote on your back in combat conditions Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: fullmetaljacket] #1443890 05/29/13 05:26 PM 05/29/13 05:26 PM
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RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	The occaisional water globules in my eddy carb bowl are always on the bottom, that's why I added a drain bung on my new A body gas tank, to deal with that (& switched gas stations) live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: Supercuda] #1443891 05/29/13 05:59 PM 05/29/13 05:59 PM
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GTX MATT master Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,161 CT	Quote: Quote: Quote: Quote: Not to mention, "liquid" is one of 3 forms of matter that a substance can be. H2O can be a solid (ice) liquid (water) or gas (steam). There are four forms of matter, plasma being the fourth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_%28physics%29 Where do ghosts/spirits fall into this? According to Michio Kaku, they could be from another dimension, if they exist. Do you think that because of their different specific gravities that they might experience time dilation at different rates, keeping the water fresher than gas, particularly if we were able to time travel? Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: GTX MATT] #1443892 05/29/13 06:25 PM 05/29/13 06:25 PM
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Supercuda About to go away Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 14,889 up yours	Quote: Do you think that because of their different specific gravities that they might experience time dilation at different rates, keeping the water fresher than gas, particularly if we were able to time travel? Nope, I think they would be ephemeral and unable to react to anything physical in this dimension. They say there are no such thing as a stupid question. They say there is always the exception that proves the rule. Don't be the exception.

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: Supercuda] #1443893 05/30/13 01:04 PM 05/30/13 01:04 PM
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Rug_Trucker I Live Here R Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 14,610 Not2farfromNashville, TN	E-10 is heavier than straight gas. And ethanol and water can bond and sink to the bottom of your tank. "The only thing to do for triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" "NUNQUAM NON PARATUS!"

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: Rug_Trucker] #1443894 05/30/13 06:38 PM 05/30/13 06:38 PM
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BigBlockMopar master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,575 The Netherlands	Water weighs just 1 kilogram per liter. And when do people in the US learn to forget that silly word 'gas' when one is speaking of gasoline? Gas is not a liquid. Gasoline is a liquid. BigBlockMopar.com

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: fullmetaljacket] #1443895 05/30/13 06:40 PM 05/30/13 06:40 PM
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Golden-Arm I Live Here Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 10,570 Sunny South Florida	question two: which is heavier, a pound of lead or a pound of feathers? "When Tyranny Becomes Law, Rebellion Becomes Duty"

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: Golden-Arm] #1443896 05/30/13 06:53 PM 05/30/13 06:53 PM
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Dodgeguy101 mopar D Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 632 MD-USA	Quote: question two: which is heavier, a pound of lead or a pound of feathers? This will have 20 answers as well.

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: Golden-Arm] #1443897 05/30/13 07:12 PM 05/30/13 07:12 PM
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GTX MATT master Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,161 CT	Quote: question two: which is heavier, a pound of lead or a pound of feathers? Within which dimension? Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: GTX MATT] #1443898 05/30/13 08:29 PM 05/30/13 08:29 PM
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macmic87 super stock Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 836 lancaster, new york	when i used to fly airplanes, for weight and balance calculations. water 8.35/gal gas 6/gal jet-diesel-kero 6.7/gal oil 7.5/gal

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: Golden-Arm] #1443899 05/31/13 07:54 PM 05/31/13 07:54 PM
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BigBlockMopar master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,575 The Netherlands	Quote: question two: which is heavier, a pound of lead or a pound of feathers? That's easy... Feathers ofcourse. Because they also contain air! Unless you ment compressed feathers... BigBlockMopar.com

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: BigBlockMopar] #1443900 05/31/13 09:59 PM 05/31/13 09:59 PM
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72N96RR I LOVE WEDGIES Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 11,632 SHELBY TWP,,MICHIGAN	Being a boater it is common to talk about how much weight in gas you are carrying...Word is that standard pump gas weighs 8 pounds per gallon..FYI 1972 Road Runner / GTX 440 4spd Dana 3.54 Just about to turn 26K original miles.. A boat, a GMC truck, some Craftsman Tools, LOTS of Zombie Protection, and a few Goldfish.. If you love someone set them free.. If they come back it means nobody else wanted them either..!!

Re: Which is heavier, Gasoline or water? [Re: 72N96RR] #1443901 05/31/13 10:18 PM 05/31/13 10:18 PM
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