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Exposed Gasket Surface Area

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-010460

Surface area of the gasket inside the fuel tank that is exposed to fuel or fuel vapor. For the purposes of calculating exposed surface area of a gasket, the thickness of the gasket and the outside dimension of the opening being sealed are used. Gasket overhang into the fuel tank should be ignored for the purpose of this calculation.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-010460
FieldEnvironment
References40 CFR 1060.801 (CFR 2013)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-010460",
  "term": "Exposed Gasket Surface Area",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Surface area of the gasket inside the fuel tank that is exposed to fuel or fuel vapor. For the purposes of calculating exposed surface area of a gasket, the thickness of the gasket and the outside dimension of the opening being sealed are used. Gasket overhang into the fuel tank should be ignored for the purpose of this calculation.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 1060.801 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/exposed-gasket-surface-area/"
}

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