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Flammability diagrams show the control of flammability in mixtures of fuel, oxygen and an inert gas, typically nitrogen. Mixtures of the three gasses are usually depicted in a triangular diagram, known as a ternary plot. Such diagrams are available in the speciality literature. [1] [2] [3] The same information can be depicted in a normal ...
Lower flammability limit (LFL): The lowest concentration (percentage) of a gas or a vapor in air capable of producing a flash of fire in the presence of an ignition source (arc, flame, heat). The term is considered by many safety professionals to be the same as the lower explosive level (LEL). At a concentration in air lower than the LFL, gas ...
A combustible material is a material that can burn (i.e., sustain a flame) in air under certain conditions. A material is flammable if it ignites easily at ambient temperatures. In other words, a combustible material ignites with some effort and a flammable material catches fire immediately on exposure to flame.
In daily life, the vast majority of flames one encounters are those caused by rapid oxidation of hydrocarbons in materials such as wood, wax, fat, plastics, propane, and gasoline. The constant-pressure adiabatic flame temperature of such substances in air is in a relatively narrow range around 1,950 °C (2,220 K; 3,540 °F). [citation needed]
Flammable gases – Gases which at 20 °C and a standard pressure of 101.3 kPa: are ignitable when in a mixture of 13 percent or less by volume with air; or; have a flammable range with air of at least 12 percentage points regardless of the lower flammable limit. Alternative sign. Division 2.1 Non-flammable non-toxic gases – Gases which:
A non-flammable, nonpoisonous compressed gas (Division 2.2) means any material (or mixture) which: A non-flammable gas means any material that: Exerts in the packaging an absolute pressure of 280 kPa (40.6 psia) or greater at 20 °C (68 °F), and; Does not meet the definition of Division 2.1 or 2.3. The following applies to aerosols:
Contains gas under pressure: may explode if heated H281: Contains refrigerated gas: may cause cryogenic burns or injury H282: Extremely flammable chemical under pressure: May explode if heated H283: Flammable chemical under pressure: May explode if heated H284: Chemical under pressure: May explode if heated H290: May be corrosive to metals
Engines, internal combustion, flammable gas powered or Engines, internal combustion, flammable liquid powered or Vehicle, flammable gas powered or Vehicle, flammable liquid powered UN 3167: 2.1: Gas sample, non-pressurized, flammable, n.o.s., not refrigerated liquid UN 3168: 2.3