Adiabatic flame temperature (constant pressure) of common fuels

Fuel Oxidizer (°C) (°F)

Acetylene (C2H2) Air 2500 4532
Acetylene (C2H2) Oxygen 3480 6296
Butane (C4H10) Air 1970 3578
Cyanogen (C2N2) Oxygen 4525 8177
Dicyanoacetylene (C4N2) Oxygen 4990 9010
Ethane (C2H6) Air 1955 3551
Ethanol (C2H5OH) Air 2082 3779
Gasoline Air 2138 3880
Hydrogen (H2) Air 2254 4089
Hydrogen (H2) Oxygen 3200 5792
Magnesium (Mg) Air 1982 3600
Methane (CH4) Air 1963 3565
Methanol (CH4O) Air 1949 3540
Natural gas Air 1960 3562
Pentane (C5H12) Air 1977 3591
Propane (C3H8) Air 1980 3596
Propane (C3H8) Oxygen 2526 4579
MAPP gas Methylacetylene (C3H4) Air 2010 3650
MAPP gas Methylacetylene (C3H4) Oxygen 2927 5301
Toluene (C7H8) Air 2071 3760
Wood Air 1980 3596
Kerosene Air 2093 [7] 3801
Light fuel oil Air 2104 [7] 3820
Medium fuel oil Air 2101 [7] 3815
Heavy fuel oil Air 2102 [7] 3817
Bituminous Coal Air 2172 [7] 3943
Anthracite Air 2180 [7] 3957
Anthracite Oxygen ≈2900 [see 1] ≈5255
Aluminum Oxygen 3732 6750
Lithium Oxygen 2438 4420
Phosphorus (white) Oxygen 2969 5376
Zirconium Oxygen 4005 7241
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(K)

FUEL Oxygen Air

as Oxidizer as Oxidizer
Acetylene - C2H2 2905
Benzene - C6H6 2539
n-Butane - C4H10 2246
iso-Butane - C4H10 2246
Butylene - C4H8 2494
Ethane - C2H6 2222
Ethylene - C2H4 2616
Hydrogen - H2 3473 2483
Methane - CH4 2223
Neopentane - C5H12 2511
n-Hexane - C10H8 2494
Naphthalene - C6H14 2533
Neohexane - C6H14 2508
n-Heptane - C7H16 2469
n-Pentane -C5H12 2505
iso-Pentane - C5H12 2508
n-Pentene - C5H10 2569
Propane - C3H8 2526 1967
Propylene- C3H6 2528
Toluene - C7H8 2505
Triptane - C7H16 2497
p-Xylene - C8H10 2483