So....hypothetically speaking....if someone left the top off a brand-new bottle of gin overnight, how much alcohol would by lost by morning?
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Replying to @emeegray
Who else is in the room? Can we assume there is tonic?
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Replying to @chrislintott
Household asleep, tonic in cupboard. Considering ambient evaporation only, ie am I going to be drinking a virgin G&T tonight?
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Replying to @emeegray @chrislintott
ABV 37% yeah? so has the level dropped? if it's gone down 37% then all the ethanol has escaped.. (This would be unlikely overnight)
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I would guess that evaporation rate is low, especially as air in bottle will first saturate preventing much further loss.
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That was my first thought as well. I don't think the question can be answered without CFD sim of bottle geometry + model of approx air flow around the bottle. Maybe put gin into large flat open container (eg soup plate) to create easier problem? (First 280 post. \o/ ;)
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I don't plan on repeating the experiment! :)
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Yes. Thinking about it just keeping the gin in a closed bottle would create an even easier CFD problem.
"Evaporation rate of ethanol in aqueous solution in a closed container" For OpenAccess this could pass easily. :)
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