 | Charles Kenneth Tinkler, Frederick Challenger - Petroleum - 1915 - 380 pages
...and 1 55° C. respectively. On the other hand, water exists as a gas only above 358° C. CHAPTER VIII FLASH POINT THE flash point of an oil is the lowest temperature at which sufficient vapour is given off to ignite momentarily on the introduction of a spark or flame. The flash... | |
 | Charles Haynes Hughes - Naval architecture - 1917 - 774 pages
...22 on the Beaum€ scale. Find its specific gravity. SPECIFIC GRAVITIES AND WEIGHTS OF VARIOUS OILS Flash point of an oil is the lowest temperature at...the oil itself, when a small test flame is quickly brought near its surface and quickly removed. Fire point is the lowest temperature at which an oil... | |
 | Luther Bynum Lockhart - Lubrication and lubricants - 1918 - 268 pages
...the oil at 60° F. Heavy oils have low Baume gravities, but high specific gravities. B. FLASH TEST. The flash point of an oil is the lowest temperature at which the oil gives off sufficient vapors to form an inflammable mixture with air. The flash point varies with... | |
 | Edward Spencer Keene - Building - 1918 - 412 pages
...burning test of not less than 6 hours nor more than 8 hours' duration, consuming 95 per cent. of the oil. "The flash point of an oil is the lowest temperature at which vapors arising therefrom ignite, without setting fire to the oil itself, when a small test flame is... | |
 | Edward Smith Fraser, Ralph B. Jones - Automobile trucks - 1919 - 370 pages
...necessary to have a lubricant that has sufficient body to withstand the pressure to which it is subjected. Flash Point of an oil is the lowest temperature at which the vapors arising from it will ignite. When an oil is used in an internal combustion engine and thus exposed to severe... | |
 | Insurance Society of New York - Fire insurance - 1922 - 952 pages
...future information and personal experience may give. OILS, ETC., AS INDICATORS OF DAMAGE. FLASH TEST. The flash point of an oil is the lowest temperature at which the vapors arising Vherefrom ignite without setting fire to the oil itself when a small test flame is quickly approached... | |
 | Bernard Brereton - Logging - 1925 - 156 pages
...lowest temperature at which an oil will pour. It gives no idea of the lubricating properties of an oil. Flash Point of an oil is the lowest temperature at...the oil itself, when a small test flame is quickly brought near its surface and quickly removed. Fire Point is the lowest temperature at which an oil... | |
 | Joseph Wood Kershaw - Internal combustion engines - 1922 - 228 pages
...- o ,, 1-82 Ash per cent. - - - o „ 0-04 Heating value (lower) B.Th.U. per Ib. - 15,920 ,, 16,425 The flash point of an oil is the lowest temperature at which the vapour arising from a heated oil will give a blue instantaneous flash when a light is applied to it.... | |
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Flash Point of an oil is the lowest temperature at which the vapors arising therefrom ignite, without setting fire to the oil itself, when a small test flame is quickly brought near its surface and quickly removed. 