How to Use vapor pressure in a Sentence
vapor pressure
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The vapor pressure deficit over a large area of the western U.S. that day was the highest value measured over the last 40 years, Fu said.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2021
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The vapor pressure varies by month, region, and octane.
—Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 13 Oct. 2017
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Winter blend gasoline has a higher Reid vapor pressure (RVP) to make the engine start easier.
—Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
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Previous research found that climate change is the main driver behind a sharp rise in vapor pressure deficit in the Western U.S. over the last several decades.
—Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2022
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The vapor pressure deficit, a metric that indicates how intensely a fire can burn, is also at record high levels.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2021
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These blends are mandated to have lower vapor pressure to help minimize smog formation in the summer.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
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If a liquid has a vapor pressure greater than atmospheric pressure, that liquid boils.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes, 10 Apr. 2021
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In addition, a phenomenon called vapor pressure deficit is increasing, which means that the warming atmosphere is wicking more water out of the snow, the land, trees, rivers, and streams.
—Jim Robbins, Wired, 25 June 2022
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Of interest in the ethanol blending discussion, gasoline must meet a specific requirement called the Reid vapor pressure (RVP).
—Robert Rapier, Forbes, 4 July 2021
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Fast-spreading wildfires become more likely as temperatures rise because a warmer atmosphere can draw more moisture from plants and soils, as measured by a metric called the vapor pressure deficit.
—Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2022
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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
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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
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McKinnon’s paper has Williams wondering now about how much the region’s current heat wave is being influenced by this heat-dryness dynamic and how many degrees the vapor pressure deficit has contributed.
—Judy Fahys, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2021
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Rising summer and autumn temperatures, as well as increasing vapor pressure deficits and increasing precipitation whiplash in some parts of the West, have been repeatedly linked to climate change.
—Daniel Swain, Outside Online, 11 Jan. 2022
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