Inflammability is the ease with which a substance will ignite, causing
fire or
combustion. Materials that will ignite at
temperatures commonly encountered are considered inflammable, with various specific definitions giving a temperature requirement. The
flash point is the important characteristic. A volatile substance may have sufficient
vapor pressure to form flammable (or even explosive) mixtures with air in temperatures as low as , so that ignition can occur even without direct contact. Flash points below are regulated in the
United States by
OSHA as potential workplace hazards. Examples of
flammable liquids are
gasoline,
ethanol, and
acetone.
Diesel fuel is in one of the less heavily regulated flammability categories, and
biodiesel is considered nonflammable or noninflammable with a flash point usually over even though biodiesel will combust inside a
diesel engine.
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