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Ethanol ignition

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mech666

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At what combination of temperature/pressure can ethanol be expected to ignite? (in the presence of air and fossil fuels)
 
With the food mostly cooked, hold the pan to expose the liquor to the open flame and serve.
 

You probably already know that the published flammability characteristics of ethanol at ambient conditions are:

flash point: ~13oC,
LFL in air: 3.3%,
UFL in air: 19%,
AIT: ~423oC.
 
JLS don't know about your cooking but I would hardly consider my food as fossil fuel!

Mark Hutton


 
Thanks, 25362.

For other pressures will the good old pv=nrt formula suffice?

As in "pressure x volume = mol x const x abs. temperature"
 

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