motor oil

If you had asked me this question years ago, I'd have agreed that oil does evaporate without knowing why it does so. However, a little digging in fed my curiosity. So, does oil evaporate? Of course, oil evaporates, but it depends on what type of oil. Volatile oils evaporate faster than non-volatile oils.  Volatile oils have a lower boiling point than non-volatile oils, and their molecules are often smaller than that of non-volatile oils. What all these are trying to say is that volatile oils will boil and evaporate faster than their non-volatile counterparts.  In this article, we explore oil…