- Author
- Sayagues, I. G.
- Title
- Inflammability of Solvents and Oils for Industrial Use.
- Journal
- MAPFRE SEGURIDAD, Vol. 16, No. 4th Quarter, 48-53, 1984
- Keywords
- solvents | flammability | oils | boiling point
- Abstract
- The article summarizes the research work carried out in The Reaction to Fire Laboratory of the Instituto Technologico de Seguiridad MAPFRE (MAPFRE Safety Technological Institute), which deals with the problem of ascertaining the reaction to fire of solvents and oils for industrial use that, as a rule, are mixtures of substances in a pure state, the behavior of which differs from that of its components. A systematic and rationalized study tries to classify the physical constants of the different samples in relation to their behavior in case of fire. The purpose is to obtain a true and practical perception of the dangerousness of some solvents and oils--the most common--in order to establish the potential risk in each of them. A total of thriteen physical constants and qualities have been chosen for experimental testing: (*) ignition point; (*) auto-ignition point; (*) normal boiling poing; (*) kinematic viscosity; (*) solubility in water; (*) relative density of the liquid; (*) relative density of the solvent/air vapor mixture; (*) lower limit of inflammability; (*) evaporation index; (*) fuel consumption speed; (*) combustion heat; (*) effective radiation energy; (*) minimum radiation flow for piloted ignition. The article includes a chart, of the results obtained in the case of the 33 solvents and 32 oils studied as well as several considerations and observatons regarding: (*)ignition point, boiling point and autoignition point; (*) combustion heat, evaporation index and consumption speed of the ignited mass; (*) discussion of the data obtained in the determination of densities, viscosity and solubility in water; (*) disucssion of the values of effective energy and minimum radiation power for piloted ignition observed during the tests. Finally, the findings on different aspects are set out regarding: (*) ignition point; (*) combustion process of liquid material; (*) physical behavior of in inflammable liquids.