Fire point
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The fire point of a fuel is the temperature at which it will continue to burn for at least 5 seconds after ignition by an open flame. At the flash point, a lower temperature, a substance will ignite briefly, but vapor might not be produced at a rate to sustain the fire. Most tables of material properties will only list material flash points, but in general the fire points can be assumed to be about 10 °C higher than the flash points. However, this is no substitute for testing if the fire point is safety critical.This is a point on which oxidation of a lubricating oil starts [1]
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- ^ "FLASH POINT AND FIRE POINT". http://www.nttworldwide.com/tech2212.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
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