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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 93, Issue 1, Pages 93-105Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3894(02)00041-9
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auto-ignition; slow oxidation; cool flames; explosion; two-stage ignition
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The cool-flame phenomenon can occur in fuel-oxygen (air) mixtures within the flammable range and outside the flammable range, at fuel-rich compositions, at temperatures below the auto-ignition temperature (AIT). It is caused by chemical reactions occurring spontaneously at relatively low temperatures and is favoured by elevated pressure. The hazards that cool flames generate are described. These vary from spoiling a product specification through contamination and explosive decomposition of condensed peroxides to the appearance of unexpected normal (hot) flame (two-stage ignition). (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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