Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "The Real Reason for Red Bull’s Disaster | Bahrain GP" video.

You have to surpass 15% ethanol for the mixture to become slightly more corrosive than standard gasoline on certain plastics. Also ethanol is not that volatile. It's actually far less volatile than gasoline (because ethanol boiling point is 70 degrees higher than gasoline). That's why on old carburated cars converted to ethanol, starting was a issue (often the cars used gasoline just for starting), because the fuel vas not volatile enough for the carburetors to work correctly.
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You have to surpass 15% for the mixture to become slightly more corrosive than standard gasoline. Also ethanol is not that volatile. It's actually far less volatile than gasoline (because ethanol boiling point is 70 degrees higher than gasoline). That's why on old carburated cars converted to ethanol, starting was a issue (often the cars used gasoline just for starting), because the fuel vas not volatile enough for the carburetors to work correctly.
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@woofy9977 A certain percentage of a liquid will always vapor from a surface in a given time (because a certain percentage of the molecules reaches the energy level required). But the closer the liquid is to the boiling point, the higher the percentage is (because it requires less energy to do so), that's why the lower the boiling temperature is, the more volatile the liquid is.
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The pump is the same for all, and the others didn't have problems.
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@woofy9977 many chemicals used in constructions contains a solvent that vapor until it's completely dried off (IE glues), or are composed of chemicals that vapor until they polymerizes and become solid (IE polyester resins).
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