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Fire and explosions
Do you know at what vapour pressure and at what temperature which solvent forms an explosive atmosphere? If you work with it, you should be interested.
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Strictly speaking, fires and explosions are rapid chemical reactions in which large amounts of energy are released, predominantly in the form of large amounts of heat.
Usually a fire or an explosion requires an ignitable mixture (i.e. combustible material and air or oxygen) in "ideal" composition and a source of ignition. Sometimes, however, a substance ignites all by itself.
Ignition sources can be open flames or sparks, for example from static charges caused by friction.
A very treacherous affair.