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napthalene

napthalene

napthalene

(OP)
Can you overheat napthalene and thus burn it or degrade it?

RE: napthalene

Like many organics, it will burn (combustible solid).

RE: napthalene

Following Othmer's Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, pure naphthalene ignites at 79oC, melts at 80.3oC, and boils at 218oC.
It can be biodegraded, as given in

http://www.labmed.umn.edu/naph/naph_map.html

directed by the underlined word naphthalene this site will bring you to all pertinent websites dealing with the chemical.

RE: napthalene

(OP)
Let me explain further, we are going to store napthalene in a stoarge tank and use steam to keep it warm.  Can I get the napthalene too hot and thus degrade the product?  If so, what temperature would that be?

RE: napthalene

The decomposition temperature is given here (http://avogadro.chem.iastate.edu/MSDS/naphthalene.htm) as 540C so I doubt thermal degradation is going to be a problem.  

In any event, you'll have a bigger problem long before it starts to degrade (I assume you mean atmospheric storage tank) since it will start boiling at 218C.  

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