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Polybutenes autoignition
Posted by: Sir Gary (IP Logged)
Date: June 15, 2020 09:24AM

I've got a fire involving mineral wool lagging soiled with a commercial product (largely polybutenes, with some PE waxes) around a tank at 280F;
In suspect autoignition, but the commercial product's MSDS claims autoignition above 480F.

Any similar experiences?



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  Polybutenes autoignition 971 Sir Gary 06/15/2020 09:24AM
  Re: Polybutenes autoignition 625 dcarpenter 06/15/2020 01:41PM
  Re: Polybutenes autoignition 564 Sir Gary 06/16/2020 05:32AM
  Re: Polybutenes autoignition 604 dcarpenter 06/16/2020 07:41AM
  Re: Polybutenes autoignition 480 Sir Gary 06/19/2020 03:08AM


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