Is Freon® Flammable?
You may, or may not have come across, the name Freon®, but you’ve certainly benefited from its use. It has two main uses that stretch across society – as a coolant that aids refrigeration and …
Fire Science
Is Tar Flammable?
There is no single compound that is “tar”. However, we all know that black or dark brown, highly viscous and distinct smelling liquid that we consider to be “tar”. It can be made out of …
Is Flour Flammable? Can it Explode?
Who doesn’t love the smell of bread baking? And you can’t have bread without flour, can you? Flour has been one of humanity’s staple sources of nutrition through the ages with our tradition of bread …
Is Acid Flammable? (Hydrochloric)
If there’s a term that we’re taught to fear during school chemistry lessons, it’s acid. The idea of a substance powerful enough to eat through our skin is terrifying (if not always a wholly accurate …
Is Hydrogen Flammable? Explosions…
Hydrogen, we’ve all heard of it and none of us have ever seen it. That is, of course, because it’s a colorless and odorless gas. It is the lightest element known to man and the …
Is Iron Flammable? Sometimes…
Iron is the most common element on Earth by mass and it’s the metal that we’re most familiar with, it’s everywhere from the utensils we eat with to the fencing that protects our properties, to …
Is Nitrogen/Liquid Nitrogen Flammable?
Nitrogen is one of the most common elements in the galaxy and it’s the biggest component of the Earth’s atmosphere. In fact, with every breath you take more than three-quarters of each lungful is nitrogen. …
Is Polyurethane Flammable? It Depends…
Polyurethane is a “commodity plastic” that is, it’s produced in huge quantities (about 25 million metric tons annually) and used for an extraordinary variety of applications. That means all of us have polyurethane within our …
Is WD40 Flammable? Yes and No…
Spend enough time in a workshop and sooner or later, someone’s going to hand you a can of WD-40. It’s the trademark name of spray-on lubricant, moisture displacer, and rust preventing agents. But is WD-40 …
Is Ammonia Flammable?
Ammonia has such a distinct smell that we all know when we’re in its presence, even if we didn’t know that it was “ammonia”. It is completely colorless, so the scent is a handy way …