By the year 1700, 42-gallon containers already being used for things like salmon, wine, butter, and molasses. In 1872, the Petroleum Producers Association decided 42 gallons should be the standard for a barrel of oil.
Last week, Slate published the first installment of the "Green Challenge," a program that helps participants reduce the amount of carbon dioxide they put into the atmosphere. We started by asking people to think about the effects their cars have on the environment: "For each gallon of gas your car burns, it releases about 19 pounds of carbon dioxide." Explainer readers wondered about this statistic: If a gallon of gasoline weighs about 6 pounds, how can it produce three times that much greenhouse gas?The carbon from the gasoline mixes with oxygen from the air. Gasoline consists mostly of hydrocarbons-chains of carbon encircled by atoms of hydrogen. When the hydrocarbons burn, they break apart and recombine with the air. This reaction produces heat, as well as two chemical byproducts: water and carbon dioxide.For example, consider a single molecule of octane-a typical hydrocarbon that you'd find in gasoline. Octane consists of eight atoms of carbon and 18 atoms of hydrogen, written as C8H18. If you break down the octane and mix it with enough oxygen (O2), you've got the ingredients-i.e., the atoms of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen-to make eight molecules of carbon dioxide (CO2) and nine molecules of water (H2O). The eight molecules of CO2 weigh about three times more than the one molecule of octane you started with. That doesn't mean you've violated the law of conservation of mass; instead, you've added the weight of the oxygen from the air to the weight of the carbon from the gasoline. (For a more in-depth discussion of this reaction,This reaction gives only a general sense of what happens when you burn a gallon of gas. First, the combustion that occurs in a car engine doesn't work perfectly, which means not every hydrocarbon gets converted into carbon dioxide and water vapor. Sometimes there's not enough oxygen available to complete the reaction, in which case hydrocarbons can be converted into poisonous carbon monoxide (CO). Burning gasoline can also release nitrous oxide and other gases.Second, gasoline consists of octane along with many other kinds of hydrocarbons. You'll also find additives like surfactants, freezing-point depressants, corrosion inhibitors, and dyes. These nonhydrocarbon additives might make up half a percent of the total composition of the gasoline. There are also differences between winter and summer blends, low- and high-octane, and leaded and unleaded.Thus, any estimate of the amount of carbon dioxide that comes from a gallon of gas must be based on some assumptions. The Environmental Protection Agency starts with a guess for how many grams of carbon are in each gallon of gas. First, they determine how much carbon is in each particular kind of gasoline, and then they come up with a weighted average based on consumption levels for each variety. Using this method, they estimate that a gallon of gas contains, on average, 2,421 grams of carbon. That's enough to make 8,877 grams of CO2. They multiply that number by 0.99 to account for the carbon that doesn't react fully with the oxygen. Their result: 8,788 grams, or about 19.4 pounds. (The Energy Information Administration gives a slightly higher number-19.564
A gasoline smell in your house could be coming from a gas leak in your appliances, car fumes entering through vents or windows, spilled gasoline, or improperly stored gasoline containers. It is important to immediately identify and address the source to prevent potential safety hazards. Consider contacting a professional to help locate and resolve the issue.
If the only source of the gasoline is that one gas station, then it is point pollution. Nonpoint pollution sources can include leaking vehicles, but a large spill is more than likely from the gasoline station. .
A common pollutant found in road runoff is petroleum-based products such as oil, gasoline, and diesel. These pollutants can come from vehicle leaks, spills, and exhaust emissions, and can contaminate water sources if not properly managed.
no my friend,they are not. CRUDE OIL- it is a mixture of a variety of compounds containing impurities that was formed from dead organic matter in the ocean over thousands of years of immense pressure and heat below the sea bed.it cannot be used effectively in it's raw form.therefore it undergoes fractional distillation to give a variety of products and substrates such as petrol,diesel,naphta.etc OIL- an oil is generally considered to be a mixture of fat and glyserol.some oils are prepared in other ways while those used in vehicles are extracted fom crude oil and mixed with som other chemicals. however,oil and crude oil are not the same.
About 19.6 gallons of gasoline from each barrel of crude oil.
9.2 gallons
On the average 19.5 US gallons. See link.
One barrel (42 gallons) of crude oil, when refined, yields approximately 19.6 gallons of finished motor gasoline. The remainder of the barrel yields distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, jet fuel, and other products.
The 1986 Toyota has a gasoline capacity of 16.4 gallons. The low fuel warning light will come on when the gasoline level gets down to 2.5 gallons.
The unit weight of sand/soil is 105 lbs/cu ft1-gallon (dry) is equivalent to 0.156 cu ftSo a 55-gallon drum has a capacity of 55*0.156 = 8.58 cu ftSoil unit weight * drum capacity cu ft = 105*8.58 = 900.9 lbs
There are 42 gallons in a barrel of crude. The price today is around $100 per barrel. That equates to $2.38 per gallon of crude. The percents depends on the state in which you live. The Federal gas tax is 18.4 cents per gallon. State tax ranges from a low of 8 cents in Alaska to a high of 51.2 in New York. The operator of the gas station and the refinery will make about 50 cents per gallon profit. The selling gas station owner makes around 3 to 5 cents net profit on each gallon sold. In some cases where there is stiff competition they will make nothing. But they want you to come to their store as you may buy other things. Lots of the cost of a gallon is related to refinery costs and transportation costs.
The ratio is 40:1 which come to 3.2oz of oil per gallon of gasoline.
I don't know the real answer, but using basic math I have come up with something that is likely close. America uses 22 Million barrels of oil a day. A barrel contains 42 gallons and produced 44.2 gallons of refined product. 19.5 gallons which is gasoline. So, 22 million times 19.5 = 429,000,000 But, the US also imports gasoline daily because we can not refine enough to meet demand. So, I estimate the answer to be in excess of 430,000,000 gallons a day.
Nothing. Concrete doesn't come in gallons for measuring. Milk is in gallons.
There are four quarts in a gallon. This calculation would come out to 3,672 quarts.
Not all of the energy in a gallon of gasoline can be used because a significant portion is lost as waste heat during combustion in an engine. Only about 20-30% of the energy from gasoline is actually converted into useful mechanical work to power a vehicle, with the rest being dissipated as heat.