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by rsfern 1846 days ago
Benzene is a bit denser than gasoline, so volumetric vs mass vs molar basis aren’t directly comparable. This EPA slide deck [0] has ~1.25% by volume equated with ~1.5% by mass towards the conclusion slide. Interestingly it used to be around 5% benzene by volume before the newest standard.

So 2% on a molar basis doesn’t seem obviously inconsistent with 1 vol%

[0]: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2021-03/documents...