Gasoline is liquid but gasses on the periodic table of elements are fumes, so why do we call the stuff we put into our vehicles "gas," if it's liquid? (lemmy.world)

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

It's called petrol and benzin elsewhere in the world. Gas/gasoline is just a name for automobile fuel.

Btw, on the periodic table at room temperature and typical atmospheric conditions, gases are "fumes", sure, but all of the first 72 elements are gaseous at 5000°C.

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