Fuels and Chemicals - Autoignition Temperatures
Autoignition points for fuels and chemicals like butane, coke, hydrogen, petroleum and more.
The Autoignition Temperature - or
"the minimum temperature required to ignite a gas or vapor in air without a spark or flame being present"
are indicated for common fuels and chemicals below:
Product | Autoignition Temperature (oC) |
---|---|
Acetaldehyde | 175 |
Acetic acid | 427 |
Acetone, propanone | 465 |
Acentonitrile | 220 |
Acetylene | 305 |
Acrolein | 220 |
Acronitrile | 481 |
Allylamine | 374 |
Aniline | 615 |
Anthracite - glow point | 600 |
Benzaldehyde | 192 |
Benzene | 498 |
Bituminous coal - glow point | 454 |
Butadiene | 420 |
Butanal | 218 |
Butane | 405 |
1-Butanol | 343 |
Butyl acetate | 421 |
Butyl alcohol | 345 |
Butyl methyl ketone | 423 |
Carbon | 700 |
Carbon disulfide, CS2 | 90 |
Carbon monoxide | 609 |
Charcoal | 349 |
Coal-tar oil | 580 |
Coke | 700 |
Cyclohexane | 245 |
Cyclohexanol | 300 |
Cyclohexanone | 420 |
Cyclopropane | 498 |
Dichloromethane | 600 |
Diethylamine | 312 |
Diethyl ether | 180 |
Diethanolamine | 662 |
Diethylamine | 662 |
Diesel, Jet A-1 | 210 |
Diisobutyl ketone | 396 |
Diisopropyl ether | 443 |
Dimethyl sulfate | 188 |
Dimethyl sulfide | 206 |
Dimethyl sulphoxide | 215 |
Dodecane, dihexyl | 203 |
Epichlorohydrin | 416 |
Ethane | 515 |
Ethylene, ethene | 450 |
Ethylamine | 385 |
Ethyl acetate | 410 |
Ethyl Alcohol (Ethanol) | 363 |
Ethylene oxide | 570 |
Formaldehyde | 424 |
Fuel Oil No.1 | 210 |
Fuel Oil No.2 | 256 |
Fuel Oil No.4 | 262 |
Furfural | 316 |
Furfural alcohol | 491 |
Heavy hydrocarbons | 750 |
Heptane | 204 |
Hexane | 223 |
Hexadecane, cetane | 202 |
Hydrogen | 500 |
Gas oil | 336 |
Gasoline, Petrol | 246 - 280 |
Glycerol | 370 |
Gun Cotton | 221 |
Kerosene (paraffin) | 210 |
Isobutane | 462 |
Isobutene | 465 |
Isobutyl alcohol | 426 |
Isooctane | 447 |
Isopentane | 420 |
Isoprene | 395 |
Isopropyl alcohol | 399 |
Isophorone | 460 |
Isohexane | 264 |
Isononane | 227 |
Isopropyl Alcohol | 399 |
Light gas | 600 |
Light hydrocarbons | 650 |
Lignite - glow point | 526 |
Magnesium | 473 |
Methane (Natural Gas) | 580 |
Methanol (Methyl Alcohol) | 464 |
Methylamine | 430 |
Methyl acetate | 455 |
Methyl ethyl ketone | 516 |
Naphtha | 230 |
Neoheaxane | 425 |
Neopentane | 450 |
Nitrobenzene | 480 |
Nitro-glycerine | 254 |
n-Butane | 405 |
n-Heptane | 215 |
n-Hexane | 225 |
n-Octane | 220 |
n-Pentane | 260 |
n-Pentene | 298 |
Oak Wood - dry | 482 |
Paper | 218 - 246 |
Paraldehyde | 238 |
Peat | 227 |
Petroleum | 400 |
Petroleum ether | 288 |
Pine Wood - dry | 427 |
Phosphorus, amorphous | 260 |
Phosphorus, transparent | 49 |
Phosphorus, white | 34 |
Production gas | 750 |
Propanal | 207 |
Propane | 455 |
Propyl acetate | 450 |
Propylamine | 318 |
Propylene (Propene) | 458 |
Pyridine | 482 |
p-Xylene | 530 |
Rifle (Gun) Powder | 288 |
Tetrahydrofuran | 321 |
Triethylamine | 249 |
Triethylborane | -20 |
Toluene | 480 |
Semi anthracite coal | 400 |
Semi bituminous coal - glow point | 527 |
Silane | < 21 |
Styrene | 490 |
Sulphur | 243 |
Tetrahydrofuran | 321 |
Toluene | 530 |
Trichloroethylene | 420 |
Wood | 300 |
o-Xylene | 463 |
m-Xylene | 527 |
p-Xylene | 528 |
The flammable (explosive) range is the range of a gas or vapor concentration that will burn or explode if an ignition source is introduced. Limiting concentrations are commonly called the lower explosive or flammable limit (LEL/LFL) and the upper explosive or flammable limit (UEL/UFL).
Below the explosive or flammable limit the mixture is too lean to burn. Above the upper explosive or flammable limit the mixture is too rich to burn. The Auto-Ignition Temperature is not the same as Flash Point - The Flash Point indicates how easy a chemical may burn.
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