Flammability Limits over Liquid Surfaces

Abstract

A test is described for determining the flammable limits of liquid fuels and for rating the relative effectiveness of soluble inerting agents. This 'layered cup' test resembles the widely used tube flame-propagation test in certain respects and differs from it in others. It requires simple equipment and is especially suited to liquid fuels which are more difficult to handle in the tube flame-propagation experiment than gases. It brings out explicitly the role played by relative volatilities in the case of inerting agents in flammable liquids. Comparisons with tube flame-propagation results and the results of standard flash point methods are made. Possible mechanisms are also discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0781958

Entities

People

  • James T. Dehn

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alcohols
  • Alkanes
  • Boiling Point
  • Chemical Properties
  • Chlorides
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Fires
  • Flame Propagation
  • Flash Point
  • Heat Capacity
  • Heat Of Combustion
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Physical Properties
  • Test Methods
  • Thermal Conductivity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Theoretical Analysis.