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What are the burn temperatures of various fuels?

I have been searching all day for a table of the fire point or temperature of sustained fires from various fuels. The fuels I am looking for statistics on are kerosene, gasoline, naphtha (white gas), lamp oil (paraffin), diesel and ethanol.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    kerosine = density of 0.78-0.81g/cm3

    flash point 37 and 65 °C (100–150 °F) (ignition temperature with spark)

    kindling point (no spark) 220 °C (428 °F

    white gas can also be a name for pure gasoline, without additives.

    Autoignition Temperature (°C) 177-329 254-285 263 diesel

    ethanol 13 °C (55.4 °F) flash point

    Autoignition Temperature, °F 495 gasoline

    201oC (paraffin) heat combustion

    Source(s): i hope that this helps at least a little bit. wikipedia was good for most of it.
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