Density of Gasoline?

[Raymond C Drouillard]

On Sun, 31 May 1998 18:12:42 -0700 Michael McBroom <bodhi at earthlink.net>
writes:
>Jack,
>
>> > I need a reasonably accurate density figure for
>> > gasoline.
>> 
>> According to Bosch Automotive Handbook 2nd edition density
>> in g/ml varies from .715 to .78 depending on time of year
>> and reg/premium.
>
>Thanks for the above cite -- I'll look for it.  Does it happen to
>mention which side of the density range the octane ratings bias toward? 
>My gut instinct wants to say the higher the octane rating, the higher
>the density.
>
>-- 
>Best,
>
>Michael McBroom
>

I suspect that the lower density gasoline has the higher octane rating. 
This presumption is based on the fact that the gaseous fuels have higher
octane ratings.  Methane has a higher octane rating than propane, and
propane has a higher rating than gasoline.

Ray Drouillard

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