Chemistry type question...

[Brian23]

If you pour Listerine in a cup and let it evaporate, will the alcohol evaporate first or will the water evaporate at the same rate as the alcohol?

 

[Colt45]

hrmm. I'm not sure.

you would think the alcohol would evaporate first, as it evaporates faster on it's own.
but i might bring the water with it. I dont know.

Why? working on a flameless listerine still? rofl

 

[BCskunk]

the alcohol will evaporate first..

...after a few weeks the listerine will taste much more diluted if left uncapped

 

[Siddhartha]

Most of the alcohol, ethanol, will evaporate first. It has a lower boiling point than water. Using a distilation apparatus you could get most of the alcohol from Listerine. But it would be easier to pay a drunk to buy beer, wine, whiskey, etc for you.

 

[Brian23]

Originally posted by: Siddhartha
Most of the alcohol, ethanol, will evaporate first. It has a lower boiling point than water. Using a distilation apparatus you could get most of the alcohol from Listerine. But it would be easier to pay a drunk to buy beer, wine, whiskey, etc for you.

That's not what I was thinking. I can't smoke on the job so I keep a can of skool and some listerine in my desk. I wash my mouth out with it and spit it in a cup. At the end of the day I wash the cup out in the restroom. I was just wondering about the alcohol because my desk drawer smells funny if I keep the cup in there all day.