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Thetermflashpointisusedtodeterminethelowesttemperatureatwhichavolatilesubstancecanbecomevaporisedintoaflammablegas.To
measureaflashpoint,itisnecessarytointroduceanignitionsourcetothesubstanceandwaitfortheflashthepointatwhichitisabletobe
ignited.
Therearevariousmethodsofmeasuringaflashpoint,whichcanbedividedintotwomaincategories:openandclosedcupflashpoints.

OpenCupFlashPoints
Measuringaflashpointusinganopencupmethodis,asthenamesuggests,conductedinavesselwhichisexposedtotheairoutside.The
temperatureofthesubstanceisgraduallyraisedandanignitionsourceispassedoverthetopofit,untilitreachesapointatwhichitflashesand
ignites.
Theflashpointherewillvaryaccordingtothedistancebetweenthesubstanceandtheignitionsourcetheheightofthesourceabovethecup.
ThemostcommonlyusedopencupmethodisknownastheClevelandopencup(COC).

ClosedCupFlashPoints
Again,asthenamesuggests,theflashpointintheclosedcupmethodisconductedinsideaclosedvesselwhichisnotopentotheoutside
atmosphere.Thelidissealedandtheignitionsourceisintroducedintothevesselitself,allowingforacloserapproximationtoreallifeconditions
(suchasthosefoundinsideafueltank).
ThefourmainkindsofclosedcupflashpointsarePenskyMartens,Abel,Tag,andthemostwidelyused,SmallScale,whichisoftenknownas
Setaflash.However,newdevelopmentsinflashpointtestinghaveledtotheintroductionofmodifiedsafetystandards.Formoreinformationon
suchdevelopments,seethisarticle:ASTMD7094ModifiedContinuouslyClosedCupFlashPointStandardAcceptedasaSafeAlternative
MethodinVariousFuelSpecs(http://www.petroonline.com/articles/analytical
instrumentation/11/dr._christoph_wagner_andreas_schwarzmann/astm_d7094_
_modified_continuously_closed_cup_flash_point_standard_accepted_as_a_safe_alternativemethod_in_various_fuel_specs_/1573/) .

WhataretheDifferencesBetweentheTwo?
Becauseclosedcupmethodsareconductedinaconfinedenvironment,theresultsarelesslikelytobeinterferedwithbyoutsideelementsfoundin
thelaboratory.Furthermore,theyunderstandablygenerallyproducelowerflashpoints,sincetheheatiscontainedandthesubstanceismorelikely
tobecomeflammableatanearlierstage.Becauseofthis,theyaregenerallyusedasindustrystandards,becausetheydeliverlowerresults,which
ensuresaferpractices.
However,itisimportanttonotethatneitheropencupnorclosedcupflashpointsarefundamentalparametersbelongingtothesubstance,but
ratherempiricalresultsoftesting.Theywillbeaffectedbyallmannerofcriteria,includingthelaboratorytheyareconductedin,theequipmentused
andthemethodoftestingselected.

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