ABSTRACT
In order to characterize the fire and explosion hazards of liquids, the flash point is considered to be the most important variable. This chapter investigates the effect of stirring on the flash point behavior of binary partially miscible mixtures. To elucidate the effect of stirring, a series of partially miscible binary aqueous-organic (water+1-butanol, water+2-butanol, water+isobutanol, water+1-pentanol, and water+octane) and two flammable solvent (methanol+decane, methanol+2,2,4-trimethylpentane, and methanol+octane) mixtures were employed. The outcomes from this chapter proved that the flash point values of unstirred binary aqueous-organic mixtures varied in between the completely stirred mixtures and the flammable component mixtures and could be considered as a basis for the risk assessment.
