The Effect of Kinematic Viscosity on the Flash Point of Liquids Determined by ASTM D 93 Procedure A, ASTM D 93 Procedure B, and ASTM D 56

摘要

The flash point of a liquid material is used to classify whether the material is flammable or combustible. ASTM D 93 is used to determine the flash point of various liquids either by Procedure A or Procedure B. There have been reports of flash point depression when viscous materials were tested using ASTM D 93 Procedure A relative to ASTM D 93 Procedure B. A multi-sample interlaboratory study was conducted to determine the effect of the kinematic viscosity of a liquid material on the observed flsh point when tested according to ASTM D 93 Procedure A relative to the results when tested according to ASTM D 93 Procedure B.