TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Flammability limits of multi-fluorinated compounds
JO  - Fire safety journal
A1  - Kondo, Shigeo
A1  - Urano, Y
A1  - Takizawa, Kenji
A1  - Takahashi, Akifumi
A1  - Tokuhashi, Kazuaki
A1  - Sekiya, Akira
SP  - 46
EP  - 56
VL  - 41
IS  - 1
N2  - Flammability limits were measured for a number of multi-fluorinated compounds in a 12 L spherical glass vessel. It was found that the saturated multi-fluorinated compounds with F substitution rate larger than 0.625 are non-flammable. Those with F substitution rate of 0.625 may or may not be flammable depending on the molecular structure and the humidity condition. A numerical analysis was carried out on the observed values of flammability limits for some 120 compounds including the multi-fluorinated ones. For multi-fluorinated compounds with F substitution rate of 0.6 or less, the flammability limit values can be explained reasonably well by the analysis. It is to be noted, however, that even for the non-flammable multi-fluorinated compounds the numerical analysis tends to predict them to be flammable.<p />
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SN  - 0379-7112
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -