Author(s)

Kyu Jin Han¹, Se Jin In²

¹Department of Ammunitions, Daeduk College, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
²Department of Fire and Disaster Protection Engineering, Woosong University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.

The flash point of flammable liquid mixture is very important parameter to characterize the ignition and explosion hazards. Flash points at 101.3 kPa were measured for several binary systems containing p-xylene, including {methanol + p-xylene}, {ethanol + p-xylene}, and {2-propanol and p-xylene}. Experimental measurements were performed using a SETA closed cup flash point tester. The measured flash points were compared with the predicted values calculated using the following activity coefficient models: Wilson, Non-Random Two Liquid (NRTL), and UNIversal QUAsi-Chemical (UNIQUAC). The results from the NRTL model provided the best comparison to the experimentally determined values.

Flash Point, SETA Closed Cup Flash Point Tester, Binary Mixtures, Activity Coefficient Models

Han, K. and In, S. (2017) The Measurement and Prediction of Flash Point for Binary Mixtures {C₁ ~ C₃ Alcohols + p-Xylene} at 101.3 kPa. Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology, 7, 1-10. doi: 10.4236/ojsst.2017.71001.