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Comparative Results of Autogenous Ignition Temperature Measurements by ASTM G 72 and Pressurized Scanning Calorimetry in Gaseous Oxygen

Bryan, CJ
Aerospace technology materials engineer, John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, FL

Lowrie, R
Senior research metallurgist, The BOC Group, Inc., Technical Center, Murray Hill, NJ

Pages: 10    Published: Jan 1986

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Abstract

The autogenous ignition temperature of four materials was determined by ASTM (G 72) and pressurized differential scanning calorimetry at 0.68-, 3.4-, and 6.8-MPa oxygen pressure. All four materials were found to ignite at lower temperatures in the ASTM method. The four materials evaluated in this program were Neoprene®, Vespel SP-21®, Fluorel E-2160®, and nylon 6/6.