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PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 5.145<br />

TABLE 5.23<br />

Properties of Combustible Mixtures in Air (Continued)<br />

Substance<br />

Au<strong>to</strong>ignition<br />

temperature, C<br />

Flammable (explosive)<br />

limits, percent by<br />

volume of fuel (25C,<br />

760 mm)<br />

Lower<br />

Upper<br />

3-Methylhexane 280<br />

5-Methyl-2-hexanone 191 1.0 8.2<br />

Methylhydrazine 196 2.5 97.2<br />

Methyl isobutyl ke<strong>to</strong>ne (MIBK) 448 1 8<br />

2-Methyllac<strong>to</strong>nitrile 688<br />

Methyl methacrylate 1.7 8.2<br />

1-Methyl-4-(1-methylethenyl)-cyclohexene (dipentene) 237<br />

1-Methylnaphthalene 529<br />

2-Methylpentane 264 1.0 7.0<br />

3-Methylpentane 278 1.2 7.0<br />

2-Methyl-2,4-pentanediol 306 1 9<br />

2-Methyl-1-pentanol 310 1.1 9.65<br />

4-Methyl-2-pentanol 1.0 5.5<br />

4-Methyl-2-pentanone 452 2 8.0<br />

4-Methyl-3-penten-2-one 344 1.4 7.2<br />

2-Methylpropanal 223 1.6 10.6<br />

2-Methyl-1-propanamine 378 2 12<br />

2-Methylpropane 460 1.8 8.4<br />

2-Methylpropanenitrile 482<br />

Methyl propanoate 469 2.5 13<br />

2-Methylpropanoic acid 481 2.0 9.2<br />

2-Methyl-1-propanol 415 1.7 10.6<br />

2-Methyl-2-propanol (t-butyl alcohol) 478 2.4 8.0<br />

2-Methyl-1-propene 465 1.8 9.6<br />

2-Methylpropyl acetate 421 1.3 10.5<br />

2-Methylpropyl formate 320 1.7 8<br />

2-Methylpyridine 538<br />

N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 346 1 10<br />

Methyl salicylate 454<br />

-Methylstyrene 574 1.9 6.1<br />

Methyl vinyl ether 2.6 39<br />

Morpholine 290 1 11<br />

Naphtha, coal tar 277<br />

Naphthalene 526 0.9 5.9<br />

Neoprene 4.0 20<br />

Nicotine 244 0.75 4.0<br />

Nitrobenzene 482 1.8 9<br />

2-Nitrobiphenyl 179<br />

Nitroethane 414 3.4 17<br />

Nitroglycerine 270<br />

Nitromethane 418 7.3 22<br />

1-Nitropropane 421 2.2<br />

2-Nitropropane 428 2.6 11<br />

Nonane 205 0.8 2.9<br />

Octadecanoic acid (stearic acid) 395<br />

cis-9-Octadecenoic acid (oleic acid) 362<br />

Octane 206 1.0 6.5<br />

1-Octene 230<br />

Paraldehyde 238 1.3<br />

Pentaborane(9) 0.42<br />

Pentanamine 2.2 22

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