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Recent Examples on the Web Winter blend gasoline has a higher Reid vapor pressure (RVP) to make the engine start easier. — Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021 If a liquid has a vapor pressure greater than atmospheric pressure, that liquid boils. — Robert Rapier, Forbes, 10 Apr. 2021 Still, Poland said, doctors can't fully explain the case decline because potential factors range from travel and human behavior to viral changes and vapor pressure. — Christopher Snowbeck, Star Tribune, 27 Feb. 2021 One of these indexes is known as the vapor pressure deficit, which is a proxy for how quickly vegetation dries out, and the other being the Evaporative Demand Drought Index, or EDDI, which measures the thirst of the atmosphere. — Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2020 These pollutants can get into soil and water supplies, and TNT, due to its high vapor pressure, has a tendency to produce air pollutants that can harm workers melting down the material with steam. — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 2 July 2018 The vapor pressure varies by month, region, and octane. — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 13 Oct. 2017

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3 May 2021

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“Vapor pressure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vapor%20pressure. Accessed 24 Jun. 2021.

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