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. 2014 Dec 6;19(11):1537–1543. doi: 10.1021/op500328f

Table 3. Oxygen concentrations at which there is a <5% probability of ignition for different solvents under the indicated conditionsa.

    oxygen concentration with <5% probability of ignition (vol %)a
solvent T (°C) 1 bara 10 bara 20 bara
acetic acid 200 10.3 9.6
NMP 200 8.2b 7.2
DMSO 200 3.9
DMSO 100 6.3
tert-amyl alcohol 100 9.7b 10.0
ethyl acetate 100 9.3 9.8
2-MeTHF 100 9.3 9.1
methanol 100 7.5 6.9
acetonitrile 100 12.0 11.8
toluene 100 10.1 10.3 9.8
a

Values were obtained from the analysis described in the text, eqs 2 and 3, and Figure 5 and are rounded to the nearest 0.1% as per ASTM E2079.

b

Data analysis in the logistic regression model may result in higher LOC values than ASTM E2079. Such deviations arise from differences in data analysis.