TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Reid vapour pressure as a route to calculating the flash points of petroleum fractions
JO  - Journal of fire sciences
A1  - Jones, J. C.
SP  - 222
EP  - 229
VL  - 16
IS  - 3
N2  - The established method for calculating the flash point of a pure hydrocarbon compound such as benzene, which makes use of the Clausius-Clapeyron equation, is extended to petroleum fractions. This had not previously been thought possible, because of the fact that such fractions do not have a single normal boiling point for use as a limit in integrating the Clausius-Clapeyron equation. In this paper it is shown, with gasoline as an example, that the Reid vapour pressure can be used in place of the normal boiling point as a limit in the integration. Estimates of the latent heat of vaporisation and the lower flammability limit were also required, and these are explained completely.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0734-9041
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -