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Flash and Fire Point Test and Grease Drop Test PT 3

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Gasoline has a low flashpoint

(around -40°C), making it highly volatile


and easy to ignite.

If a fuel has a lower fire point compared to


others, it means it requires less heat to maintain
a flame once it starts burning.
Diesel has a high flashpoint (around 52°C),
making it less likely to ignite compared to
gasoline.

Fuels with a higher fire point are more stable


once burning starts and less likely to sustain a
flame at lower temperatures.
Conditions that Affect Flashpoint and Firepoint
Conditions that Affect Flashpoint and Firepoint
Flashpoint temperature requires an ignition
source in order for the fuel to combust.
Flashpoint also depends on the vapor
pressure released by the fuel.
When vapor pressure increases, molecules
find it hard to leave the liquid surfaces and
require more energy to escape in the form of
vaporization.
Conditions that Affect Flashpoint and Firepoint
Fire point temperature occurs after
ignition when the fuel sustains
combustion for more than 5 seconds.
Unlike flash point, which indicates initial
ignition, fire point underscores the
sustainability of combustion.
Auto-ignition temperature is the
temperature at which fuel ignites
spontaneously on its own without any
external ignition source.
Conditions that Affect Flashpoint and Firepoint
Measuring of Flashpoint and Firepoint
Clevland’s Open Cup Abel’s Closed Cup
Apparatus Apparatus
Measuring of Flashpoint and Firepoint
Clevland’s Open Cup Measuring flash and fire point using an open
Apparatus cup method is, as the name suggests,
conducted in a vessel which is exposed to
the air outside. Exmaple of this is the
Cleveland’s Open Cup Apparatus.
The temperature of the substance is
gradually raised and an ignition source is
passed over the top of it, until it reaches a
point at which it “flashes” and ignites.
Measuring of Flashpoint and Firepoint
The flash and fire point in the closed cup
Abel’s Closed Cup
method is conducted inside a closed Apparatus
vessel which is not open to the outside
atmosphere.
The lid is sealed and the ignition source is
introduced into the vessel itself, allowing
for a closer approximation to real-life
conditions (such as those found inside a
fuel tank).
Measuring of Flashpoint and Firepoint
The four main kinds of closed cup
flash points are Pensky-Martens,
Abel, Tag, and the most widely-
used, small scale, which is often
known as Setaflash.

Abel’s Closed Cup


Apparatus
Measuring of Flashpoint and Firepoint
The four main kinds of closed cup
flash points are Pensky-Martens,
Abel, Tag, and the most widely-
used, small scale, which is often
known as Setaflash.

Pensky - Martens Closed


Cup Apparatus

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