TalismanRich
Well-known member
Wrong. You can easily get to the Lower Explosive Limit by evaporating alcohol like that. I spent the last 10 years of my career working health and safety with solvent based inks. Class 1/Div 1 areas, explosive dust, flammable vapor measurements. You really don't want to vaporize any quantity of either ethanol or isopropanol in a room.
Ethanol Flash Point is 55F, Lower Explosive Limit 3.3%, Upper Explosive Limit 19%. That means anything between 3.3 and 19% vapor concentration will ignite, and I can guarantee you won't want the fireball going through your house.
Isopropyl Alcohol is worse. FP is 53F, LEL is 2% and UEL is 12.7%. It wouldn't take much evaporation to reach a 2% level.
You don't need any compression to create an explosion. A friend of mine died when someone was welding near an empty storage tank with alcohol vapors. It blew a 20 ft tall storage tank about 30 feet and killed two people.
In other words, its SERIOUS SHIT! Don't do it!
Ethanol Flash Point is 55F, Lower Explosive Limit 3.3%, Upper Explosive Limit 19%. That means anything between 3.3 and 19% vapor concentration will ignite, and I can guarantee you won't want the fireball going through your house.
Isopropyl Alcohol is worse. FP is 53F, LEL is 2% and UEL is 12.7%. It wouldn't take much evaporation to reach a 2% level.
You don't need any compression to create an explosion. A friend of mine died when someone was welding near an empty storage tank with alcohol vapors. It blew a 20 ft tall storage tank about 30 feet and killed two people.
In other words, its SERIOUS SHIT! Don't do it!