How much surface area can 1 gal of gasoline occupy in water?

Subject: How much surface area can 1 gal of gasoline occupy in water?

Date: Wed Mar 21 16:02:45 2001
Posted by Philip
Grade level: grad (science) School: Chattanooga Fire Department
City: Chattanooga State/Province: TN Country: United States
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 985208565.Ch

Message:

If a vehicle crashed into a lake with a full tank of gasoline, and the tank ruptured spilling its contents, how much surface area could gasoline occupy? For simplicity's sake, I'm wondering how much surface area a gallon of gasoline could occupy on the surface of the water (how thin can it be spread?), assuming the lake is quite large.

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