• The autoignition temperature or self-ignition temperature, often called spontaneous ignition temperature or minimum ignition temperature (or shortly ignition...
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    Flash point (category Threshold temperatures)
    confused with the autoignition temperature, the temperature that causes spontaneous ignition. The fire point is the lowest temperature at which the vapors...
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    the autoignition temperature of the hazardous atmosphere. Both external and internal temperatures are taken into consideration. The autoignition temperature...
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    Most ordinary human activity takes place at temperatures of this order of magnitude. Circumstances where water naturally occurs in liquid form are shown...
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  • point Combustion Drying oil Flash point Fire point Kindling point (Autoignition temperature) American Oil Chemists' Society (2011). "AOCS Official Method Cc...
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    completing the fire triangle, usually by heating tinder above its autoignition temperature. Fire is an essential tool for human survival and the use of fire...
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    unstable and tends to explode. When placed in vacuum, it has an autoignition temperature of 270 °C instead. With a melting point of 12.8 °C, the chemical...
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    volatility to improve its carburetion characteristics and high autoignition temperature to prevent preignition in high compression aircraft engines. Turbine...
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    monoterpene and can be distilled without decomposition, although at elevated temperatures it cracks to form isoprene. It oxidizes easily in moist air to produce...
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    Activation energy asymptotics Chemical kinetics Mean kinetic temperature Autoignition temperature Quantum tunnelling "Activation Energy". www.chem.fsu.edu...
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  • point R-410A should not be mixed with air (oxygen) under pressure Autoignition temperature Difluoromethane: 648 °C; pentafluoroethane is fire-retardant...
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  • internal combustion engines because of its low 160 °C (320 °F) autoignition temperature. Diethyl ether is distinct from petroleum ether (a crude oil distillate...
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    fuels such as gasoline, it is in many ways safer due to its higher autoignition temperature and its low density, which causes it to dissipate when released...
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  • between the autoignition temperature of paper and the date of the September 11 attacks; one of the film's taglines was "The Temperature at Which Freedom...
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  • β-hydroxyketones. Triethylborane is strongly pyrophoric, with an autoignition temperature of −20 °C (−4 °F), burning with an apple-green flame characteristic...
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    Storing it as liquid takes less space than storing it as a gas at normal temperature and pressure. However, the liquid density is very low compared to other...
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    mercury(II) fulminate can begin at temperatures as low as 100 °C, though it proceeds at a much higher rate with increasing temperature. A possible reaction for...
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    near-simultaneous ignition of material caused by heat attaining the autoignition temperature of the combustible material and gases in an enclosure. Flashovers...
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  • range in violence from deflagration through detonation. Limits vary with temperature and pressure, but are normally expressed in terms of volume percentage...
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    210 °C (410 °F) Autoignition temperature: 360–425 °C (680–797 °F) Autoignition temperature (for oily cotton): 120 °C (248 °F) A temperature range of 25 to...
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    heating which rapidly accelerates to high temperatures) and finally, autoignition. It is distinct from (but has similar practical effects to) pyrophoricity...
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  • hazards toxic NFPA 704 (fire diamond) 1 1 0 Flash point Nonflammable Autoignition temperature N/A Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC): LD50 (median dose) >10000...
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    and high-temperature applications. It is not recommended for use in flooded applications. R-422C is for use in medium- and low-temperature applications...
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    (T) and dangerous for the environment (N). The gas is flammable (autoignition temperature: 651 °C) and can form explosive mixtures with air (16–25%). The...
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  • majority of the exposed surfaces in a space are heated to their autoignition temperature and emit flammable gases (see also flash point). Flashover normally...
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    cyclic carbonate ester of ethylene glycol and carbonic acid. At room temperature (25 °C) ethylene carbonate is a transparent crystalline solid, practically...
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    NFPA 704 (fire diamond) 3 2 1 Flash point 71 °C (160 °F; 344 K) Autoignition temperature 300 °C (572 °F; 573 K) Explosive limits 7.0% (low), 73% (high)...
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    Product loss by decarboxylation to benzoic acid is common. The high temperature diminishes oxygen solubility in an already oxygen-starved system. Pure...
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  • critical. Testing of the fire point is done by open cup apparatus. Autoignition temperature Flash point Steven A., Treese; Peter R., Pujado; David S. J., Jones...
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    NFPA 704 (fire diamond) 1 2 0 Flash point 43 °C (109 °F; 316 K) Autoignition temperature 333 °C (631 °F; 606 K) Except where otherwise noted, data are given...
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