The typical home contains many flammable substances.
Keeping flammable and combustible products in separate, well-ventilated cabinets reduces their danger. Safety cabinets are designed to reduce the transfer of heat to the flammable items stored within. Warnings can be posted more efficiently if everything is gathered together, limiting the dangers to a single area. There is a wide range of products that can be hazardously flammable. Understanding these products helps you decide how and where to store them. Does this Spark an idea?
Flammable Gases
When compressed to 14.7 lbs. per square inch (psi), flammable gases ignite. Gas cylinders should be secured to stationary objects with a strap a third of the way down from the top of the container. This prevents them from being jostled or knocked about. Each cylinder should be stored and secured separately. These gases include acetylene, ammonia, argon, butadiene, butane, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, chlorine, ethylene, helium, hydrogen, methane, nitric oxide, nitrogen, compressed nitrous oxide, compressed oxygen and propane.
Flammable Liquids
Flammable and combustible liquids are separated and classified by their flashpoints. The flashpoint of a given substance indicates the lowest temperature required for the liquid's vapor to become concentrated enough to ignite. Flammable liquids have a flashpoint below 100 degrees Fahrenheit, but it is the vapor emanating from the liquid that can ignite, not necessarily the liquid itself. Flammable liquids can be stored in glass containers, approved plastic containers or metal containers, although glass is most often used when the liquid would degrade the metal or plastic, or the metal or plastic would contaminate the liquid. Flammable liquids are best stored in their original containers, retaining the original labels. Flammable liquids include commercial adhesives and sealers, benzene, butyl alcohol, denatured alcohol, printing and copying fluids, epoxy catalysts and thinners, ethyl alcohol, herbicides, pesticides, isobutyl alcohol, methanol, methyl ethyl ketone, many paints, paint removers, varnishes and primers.
Combustible Liquids
Combustible liquids have a flashpoint between 100 degrees and 200 degrees Fahrenheit. They should be stored in their original containers, with the labels intact. Combustible liquids are separated into different classes by what their specific range of flashpoint is. Class II liquids have a flashpoint between 100 degrees and 140 degrees Fahrenheit, and include acetic acid, acetic anahydride, diesel fuel, electrostatic toner, formic acid, fuel oil and kerosene. Class IIIA liquids have a flashpoint between 140 degrees and 200 degrees Fahrenheit, and they include some enamel thinners, aniline, carbolic acid, furfuryl alcohol, napthalenes, phenol and pine oil. Class IIIB liquids have flashpoint at or above 200 degrees Fahrenheit and include aniline hydrochloride, anti-freeze, diphenylamine, most epoxy resins and glycerine.
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