Timeline for Why is gas(oline) in gas stations sold by volume (as opposed to mass)?
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| Oct 30, 2016 at 14:50 | history | protected | Qmechanic♦ | ||
| Oct 30, 2016 at 14:35 | answer | added | Plucky Underdog | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 5, 2014 at 7:34 | history | edited | shortstheory |
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| Oct 10, 2013 at 23:08 | comment | added | Qmechanic♦ | Related: physics.stackexchange.com/q/29694/2451 | |
| Oct 10, 2013 at 5:15 | answer | added | user28737 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 10, 2013 at 2:47 | comment | added | shortstheory | IIRC there's a Mayday episode for this flight. But this also had the confusion of metric/imperial units thrown into the mix. | |
| Oct 9, 2013 at 19:42 | answer | added | user26165 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 9, 2013 at 16:47 | comment | added | DJohnM | Google the "Gimli glider" to see what happens when mass/volume conversions go awry... | |
| Oct 9, 2013 at 15:43 | comment | added | shortstheory | Another point which I've concluded by learning about aircraft is that when airliners fly above FL 200, the low atmospheric temperature can cause the AvGas to reach near freezing temperatures. Aircraft fuel tanks are not heated, and this can cause the volume of fluid in the tanks to drop appreciably. | |
| Oct 9, 2013 at 11:15 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 9, 2013 at 10:48 | comment | added | shortstheory | Well, you can apply the same argument to a aircraft's fuel tanks, though weight is usually a much bigger concern than having fully filled tanks... | |
| Oct 9, 2013 at 10:13 | answer | added | TMS | timeline score: -1 | |
| Oct 9, 2013 at 8:50 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Oct 9, 2013 at 7:32 | comment | added | pho | Because a car's fuel tank has a fixed volume? | |
| Oct 9, 2013 at 6:39 | comment | added | John Rennie | Because it's much easier and cheaper to measure volume than it is to measure weight? | |
| Oct 9, 2013 at 6:38 | comment | added | user80551 | Link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_pump#The_metrology_of_gasoline Most pumps also indicate the fuel density. | |
| Oct 9, 2013 at 6:37 | comment | added | user28737 | i often see at filling stations x price/kg and a pressure indicator at 200bar. | |
| Oct 9, 2013 at 6:29 | history | asked | shortstheory | CC BY-SA 3.0 |