An experimental approach to understanding the fire hazard involved when handling ionic liquids
Scientists from France and the US say that, in this context, a material rated as “non-flammable” is not necessarily non-combustible, and so they set out to analyse the true combustion potential of a series of ILs using oxygen bomb calorimetry, pyrolysis flow calorimetry and fire calorimetry. The resulting data show that although difficult to ignite, ILs can release a lot of heat once they start to burn and can also have some pretty nasty degradation products. Many do self-extinguish though. The information could be used to better prepare for the event of an accidental fire involving large amounts of ILs in an industrial context.
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A-O Diallo et al, Energy Environ. Sci., 2013.
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A-O Diallo et al, Energy Environ. Sci., 2013.
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