dogboy
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Not even close. According to the above quote, shrinkage is more than 50% in 15 degrees of temp? Not water, not alcohol, not even any kinds of reactive vapor will shrink that much in a 15 degree temperature change. Alcohol is the only common liquid that will evaporate with that much change, but non-industrial liquids will NOT condense that much in such a small temperature change.
80 degree fuel would maybe evaporate some, but I don't believe it will lose even that much. 50% evaporation would make an extreme danger of explosion near any gas station.
Think the other way around. According to what Danger Ranger said, it would be doing the opposite of evaporation would do (It would get bigger at a a higher temp).