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Old 23rd Sep 2019, 00:12
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Originally Posted by PJD1
............ JetA1 has a flash point of at least 38 deg C so needs to be heated above that temperature before it will give off sufficient vapour to ignite.
......... and gasoline has a flash point around -40 deg C. Yes, that's MINUS 40.

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