
Another example is here where equation #7 is the formula it says to use for spills but I have no idea how it works. I'm willing to do some research but I still have yet to find an acceptable formula/equation I can implement in this program. The closest thing I can find to an equation I can use is from here, but I am unable to decipher the characteristics it is asking since it is extremely technical in that field. This project has nothing to do with school though. I am not an engineer, I am a computer science/mathematics major. I am asking precisely this: are these formulas suitable to use as an approximation for evaporation? If not, what would be a better formula? I am always skeptical about using other people's work without documentation making sure they have proof to backup their claims that this stuff will work. These formulas are not found in any workbook, website, etc. I don't trust the formulas given, because they were given by another student assigned to this task. Here are some of them: General Evaporation Rate Formula From Asphalt We do have a number of different areas that have secondary containment, which is referred to as a "Berm", so that is the reason we have two formulas below. Some spills will go directly onto asphalt/gravel or soil.

We have a number of different spills at this location.

Molecular weight is pulled from the chemical itself, same with vapor pressure. These are formulas, that are supposed to approximate evaporation, are for a number of different chemicals. I was given formulas for general evaporation, for a spill calculator I am building.
