Article,
Flammability of the Higher Boiling Liquids and Their Mists
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 39 (12): 1607--1614 (1947)
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie50456a021
Abstract
This investigation concerns the flammability of the higher boiling
organic fluids and petroleum oils. The explosive hazard due to oil
mists in the atmosphere was of especial interest. A new apparatus
was devised for the measurement of the flammability of oil mists
and was applied to numerous fluids. These fluids were also exposed
to incendiary fire tests and the results were recorded by color photography.
Measurements and comparisons were made of the flash and fire points
and the spontaneous ignition temperatures of the same fluids. Fluids
investigated were: hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons and ethers,
castor oil-base hydraulic fluids, aliphatic diesters, organic phosphates
and carbonates, silicones, polyalkylene glycols, and some of the
glycols, glycol ethers, and their aqueaus solutions. The glqcols,
their aqueous solutions, the higher polyalkylene glycols, properly
stripped silicones, several carbonates, and the highly chlorinated
hydrocarborns were the most resistant to oil mist explosions. Of
the phosphate compounds studied, those having the highest ratio of
the number of phosphorus atoms to the number of carbon atoms were
the most resistant to such fire hazards. It was found that the spontaneous
ignition temperature of the various types of silicones differed enough
to permit their qualitative analysis.
