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Studies on the Effect of Altitude on the Flammable Liquids' Flash Point
- Source :
- Advanced Materials Research. 908:345-348
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Trans Tech Publications, Ltd., 2014.
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Abstract
- Presented in this paper is part of an experimental series conducted at different altitudes to investigate the influence of altitude on the flammable liquids flash point. The BS-1 closed bomb apparatus is used to measure the flash points of two flammable liquids (dimethylacetylamide (DMA) and RP-5 Jet A) in a hypobaric chamber under the altitude change from 4860 km to the sea level. The experimental results show that the flash points of DMA and Jet A decrease linearly with the increase in altitude in the low altitude region below the corresponding critical altitudes but non-linearly above. The critical altitudes for DMA and RP-5 Jet A are found to be 3 km and 3.83 km respectively. When the altitude reaches or surpasses the critical altitude, the flash point decreases rapidly. In particular, the flash point of the DMA exhibits a peculiar sudden transition above the critical altitude.
Details
- ISSN :
- 16628985
- Volume :
- 908
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Advanced Materials Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........a7ba7237fca2d50b8bf2ad242199d23e