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Common flammable gas explosion limits

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2020-06-30

Common flammable gas explosion limits
From China Gas, Issue 2, 2007

Serial number	Name	Chemical formula	Explosion limit in air/%
Serial number	Name	Chemical formula	Lower limit	Upper limit
30	aniline	C6H5NH2	1.2	11
31	benzene	C6H6	1.2	8
32	benzaldehyde	C6H5CHO	1.4
33	Benzyl chloride	C6H5CH2Cl	1.1
34	Bromobutane	C3H7CH2Br	2.5
35	ethyl bromide	CH3CH2Br	6.7	11.3
36	butadiene	CH2CHCHCH2	2.0	11.5
37	butane	C4H10	1.9	8.5
38	butanol	C4H9OH	1.4	11.3
39	butene	C4H8	1.6	9.3
40	Butyraldehyde	C3H3CHO	1.4	12.5
41	Butyl butyrate	CH3COOCH	1.2	8.0
42	Butyl methyl ketone	C4H9COCH3	1.2	8.0
43	carbon disulfide	CS2	1.0	60
44	carbon monoxide	CO	12.5	74
45	chlorobenzene	C6H5Cl	1.3	11
46	Chlorobutane	C3H7CH2Cl	1.8	10.1
47	Chloroethane	CH3CH2Cl	3.8	15.4
48	Chloroethanol	CH2ClCH2OH	5	16
49	vinyl chloride	CH2CHCl	3.8	31
50	Chloromethane	CH3Cl	8.1	17.4
51	2-Chloropropane	CH3CHClCH3	2.6	11.1
52	Methylphenol	C6H5OH	1.1
53	Cyclobutane	CH2CH2CH2CH2	1.8
54	Cyclohexane	CH2(CH2)4CH2	1.2	8.3
55	Cyclohexanol	CH2(CH2)3CHOHCH2	1.2
56	Cyclohexanone	CH2(CH2)3COCH2	1.3	9.4
57	cyclopropane	CH2CH2CH2	2.4	10.4
58	Naphthane	C10H18	0.7	4.9
59	Cyclohexene	CH2(CH2)2CHCHCH2	1.2
60	Diacetone alcohol	(CH3)2COHCH2COCH3	1.8	6.9
61	Dibutyl ether	C4H9OC4H9	0.9	8.5
62	Dichlorobenzene	C6H4C12	2.2	9.2
63	Diethylamine	(C2H5)2NH	1.7	10.1
64	dimethylamine	(CH3)2NH	2.8	14.4
65	Xylamine	(CH3)2C6H3NH2	1.2	7
66	Dioxane	(CH2)4O2	1.9	22.5
67	Propylene oxide	OCH2CH2CH2	1.8	37
68	Ethoxyethanol	C2H5OCH2CH2OH	2.1	15.7
69	ethyl acetate	CH3COOC2H5	1.7	11.5
70	Ethyl acrylate	CH2CHCO2C2H5	1.0	13
71	Phenylethane	C6H5C2H5	2.6	7.8
72	ethylene oxide	CH2CH2O	2.8	100
73	Ethanethiols	C2H6S	2.0	18
74	Ethyl methyl ether	C2H5OCH3	1.8	10.1
75	Ethyl methyl ketone	C2H5COCH3	7	11.5
76	formaldehyde	HCHO	0.9	73
77	Light oil		1.8	6
78	nitrobenzene	C6H5NO2	7.1
79	nitromethane	CH3NO2	1.3	63
80	phenol	C6H5OH	1.1	9.5
81	styrene	C6H5CHCH2	1.0	8.0
82	ethylbenzene	C6H5C2H5	1.0	7.8
83	Ethyl formate	HCOOC2H5	2.7	16.5
84	p-Diane	C4H8O2	2.0	22
85	isobutane	i-C4H10	1.8	8.4
86	naphthalene	C10H8	0.9	5.9
87	nonane	CH3(CH2)7CH3	0.7	5.6
88	Nonanol	CH3(CH2)7CH2OH	0.8	6.1
89	Secondary aldehyde	(C2H4O)3	1.3
90	pentane	C5H12	1.1	8.0
91	amyl alcohol	C5H11OH	1.2	10.5
92	Propylamine	C3H7NH2	2.0	10.4
93	Propyl tetrayl ketone	C3H7COCH3	1.5	8.2
94	pyridine	C5H5N	1.7	12.0
95	Tetrahydrofuran	C4H8O	2.0	12.4
96	Tetrahydrositol	C4H7OICH2OH	1.5	9.7
97	diethylamine	(C2H5)3N	1.2	8
98	Trimethylamine	(CH3)3N	2.0	11.6
99	Trioxane	(CH2O)3	3.0	29
100	turpentine		0.8
101	hexane	C6H14	1.2
102	Hexanol	C5H11CH2OH	1.2
103	heptane	CH3(CH2)5CH3	1.1	6.7
104	Isopropyl nitrate	(CH3)2CHONO2	2	100
105	Methoxyethanol	CH3OC2H4OH	2.5	14
106	Methyl acetate	CH3OC2CH3	3.1	16
107	Methyl acrylate	CH2CHCO2CH3	2.4	25
108	methylamine	CH3NH2	4.9	20.7
109	Methylcyclohexane	CH3C6CH11	1.15	6.7
110	Methyl formate	HCO2CH3	5	23
111	Ethylamine (gas)	C2H7N	3.5	14.0
112	Acetonitrile	C2H3N	4.4	16.0
113	acetic anhydride	C4H6O3	2.9	10.3
114	(n) Decane	C10H22	0.8	5.4
115	propionaldehyde	C3H6O	2.9	17
116	***	C3H4O	2.8	31
117	ethyl ether	C2H6O	3.4	18
118	Methyl ether	C3H8O9	2	10.1
119	Methanethiol	CH4S	3.9	21.8
120	Methyl sulfoxide	C2H6OS	2.6	28.5
121	isopropanol	C3H8O	2.3	12.7
122	Isobutanol	C4H10O	1.7 (100℃)	10.9 (100℃)
123	Isobutyl ether	C4H14O	1.4	21
124	Isopropylamine	C3H9N	2.0	10.4
125	(n) octane	C8H18N	1.0	4.66
126	hydrazine	N2H4	4.7	100
127	Carbon oxysulfide	COS	12	29
128	Chloropropane	C3H7Cl	2.6	11.1
129	Chloropropylene	C3H5Cl	3.3	11.1
130	methyl bromide	CH3Br	10	10