@inproceedings{fe743e7d159941b593742f255ed3d9fe,
title = "Studies on the effect of altitude on the flammable liquids' flash point",
abstract = "Presented in this paper is part of an experimental series conducted at different altitudes to investigate the influence of altitude on the flammable liquids' flash point. The BS-1 closed bomb apparatus is used to measure the flash points of two flammable liquids (dimethylacetylamide(DMA) and RP-5 Jet A) in a hypobaric chamber under the altitude change from 4860 km to the sea level. The experimental results show that the flash points of DMA and Jet A decrease linearly with the increase in altitude in the low altitude region below the corresponding critical altitudes but non-linearly above. The critical altitudes for DMA and RP-5 Jet A are found to be 3 km and 3.83 km respectively. When the altitude reaches or surpasses the critical altitude, the flash point decreases rapidly. In particular, the flash point of the DMA exhibits a peculiar sudden transition above the critical altitude.",
author = "YanFei Tang and Chao Ding and Yaping He and Dechuang Zhou and Jian Wang",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.908.345",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783038350644",
publisher = "Trans Tech Publications",
pages = "345--348",
booktitle = "Materials Science, Environment Protection and Applied Research: Selected, Peer Reviewed Papers from the 2014 2nd International Conference on Environmental Science and Material Application (ESME 2014), March 22-23, 2014, Wuhan, China",
note = "International Conference on Environmental Science and Material Application ; Conference date: 22-03-2014",
}