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Document ID (ISN)33059
CIS number 80-313
ISSN - Serial title Prévention
Year 1979
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Galimard M.
Title Fire hazards of industrial organic solvents
Original title Dossiers incendies: les solvants organiques industriels. [in French]
Bibliographic information Oct. 1979, p.15-17. 4 ref.
Abstract This article, the last of a series devoted to flammable organic solvents, lists the physical properties (boiling point, flash point, explosive limits, evaporation rate, relative density, vapour density, TLV) of: carbon disulfide, 1-chloro-1-nitroethane, 1-chloro-1-nitropropane, 2-chloro-2-nitropropane, 1,1-dichloro-1-nitroethane, 1,1-dichloro-1-nitropropane, dimethyl sulfate, dimethyl sulfoxide, p-dioxane, α-epichlorhydrine, ethyl nitrate, glycerine, morpholine, nitrobenzene, 1-nitrobutane, 2-nitrobutane, nitroethane, nitromethane, 1-nitropropane, 2-nitropropane, propylene oxide, pyridine, tetrahydrofuran, tributyl phosphate, tricresyl phosphate.
Descriptors (primary) flammable liquids; organic solvents; fire hazards
Descriptors (secondary) tetrahydrofuran; dimethyl sulfate; dioxane; carbon disulfide; ethyl nitrate; nitromethane; 1-nitropropane; 2-nitropropane; nitrobutanes; nitrobenzene; dimethyl sulfoxide; pyridine; 1-chloro-1-nitropropane; 1,1-dichloro-1-nitropropane; 2-chloro-2-nitropropane; morpholine; 1-chloro-1-nitroethane; 1,1-dichloro-1-nitroethane; triorthocresyl phosphate; tributyl phosphate; flashpoints; propylene oxide; epichlorohydrin; glycerine; explosive limits; nitroethane; threshold limit values
Document type -
Subject(s) Fire and explosions
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Fires