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Flashpoint

Flashpoint

Created OnDecember 28, 2017
byCapt. Angad S Cheema
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The lowest temperature at which a liquid gives off sufficient gas to form a flammable gas mixture near the surface of the liquid. It is measured in a laboratory in standard apparatus using a prescribed procedure.

Related:

  • Explosion Proof
  • Explosion proof
  • Hydrocarbon Gas
  • Flammable liquid
  • Reid vapour pressure (RVP)
  • Auto ignition temperature

By Capt. Angad S Cheema

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