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This article is about the test for determining the flash point of petroleum. For the mathematical method of testing for the convergence of an infinite series, see Abel's test.

The Abel test is a method developed by the British chemist Frederick Abel (1827–1902) to determine the flash point of a given sample of petroleum in order to ascertain the temperature at which it could safely be used.[1]

The test was mandated by the British Petroleum Act 1879, which fixed the minimum flash point for general and commercial use at 73 °F (23 °C; 296 K).[2]

References

  1. ^ "Abel test". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Vol. 1 (14 ed.). 1930. p. 34.
  2. ^ Hazardous Chemicals: Agents of Risk and Change, 1800-2000, edited by Ernst Homburg and Elisabeth Vaupel (Berghahn Books, 2019), p. 30.
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