And if you felt that you wanted to help the experiment along by drawing
through the lighted cigarette, within the vapours then you may be slightly
disappointed with the resultant thermal degradation products.
Regards
Eric Dawson

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rudy Sedlak [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 2:35 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: [TN] Flammability
>
> Doug:
>
> I have run many many flash point tests myself...
>
> The chlorinated solvents have no flash point, and will not burn at all,
> that is one of the factors that made them popular.
>
> The general rule is that the flash point is that temperature that if the
> liquid is heated to, and a cigarette thrown into it, it will burst into
> flame.  Clearly, that is a pretty low temperature for gasoline, and pretty
> high for motor oil.
>
> The chlorinated solvents will burn, but not at atmospheric pressure.
>
> Rudy Sedlak
> RD Chemical Company
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