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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: Combust Flame. 2016 May;167:218–227. doi: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2016.02.010

Table 1.

Literature explosion parameters for carbonaceous nanomaterials.

Material dpr part dagg BET Pmax dP/dt|max KSt MEC MIE MITcloud MITlayer Tonset reference
[nm] [µm] [m2/g] [bar] [bar/s] [m-bar/s] [g/m3] [J] [°C] [°C] [°C]
Furnace Carbon
Blacks
Vulcan 8.5 24 7 60 32
Vulcan (P) 9.1 62 17 60 32
unspecified 9.4 122 33 60 62
unspecified 10.0 65 17 50 63
Channel &
Special Blacks
SAO 5.6 68 19 86 33
SAB-1 6.0 73 20 68 33
SAB-1 (P) 5.2 69 19 43 33
SAGAL-3 (P) 6.0 83 23 50 33
SAKAP-6 6.1 82 22 62 33
Brown Coal 32 11.0 152 41 60 34
Carbon Blacks
semiactive Sapex 20 89 27.0 6.0 79 22 150 885 395 34
Sapex 20 (P) 89 26.5 6.1 63 18 144 882 435 34
Sapex 35 78 36.9 6.8 66 19 126 359 34
Sapex 35 (P) 78 39.5 6.1 50 14 103 896 415 34
active N330 Carbex 330 33 70.0 6.4 103 29 71 683 360 34
Carbex 330 (P) 32 81.2 6.3 96 27 75 683 410 34
Carbex 330a 30 85.0 6.3 182 51 66 667 350 34
Vulcan 3 30 81.0 6.3 169 47 73 656 450 34
active N200 Vulcan 6 24 122.0 6.9 246 69 61 645 470 34
Graphite
fine 4 6.5 260 73 70 103–104 36
coarse-1 25–32 6.0 90 24 100 2*103–104 36
coarse-2 40–45 6.0 75 20 100 2*103–104 36
Carbon Blacks
Corax N115 150 7.5 503 136 60 > 10−3 405 20
Corax N550 50 6.7 240 65 60 > 10−3 460 20
Thermal Black
N990
20 7.2 343 93 60 > 10−3 510 20
Printex XE2 200 6.6 227 62 60 > 10−3 450 20
Carbon Nanotube (MWCNT) (Arkema) 950 7.7 326 88 60 > 10−3 390 20