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Relative Evaporation Rate

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Relative Evaporation Rate

The evaporation rate of a solvent compared to a standard, usually n-butyl acetate, with the rate of n-butyl acetate set equal to 1.00. Solvents which evaporate faster than n-butyl acetate have a relative evaporation rate greater than one. Those which evaporate more slowly have a relative evaporation rate less than one.

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