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 |
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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 |