Hi All:
We're working through a list of materials classified as H250 (pyrophoric) but are having a terrible time finding auto-ignition data to back up that classification. It appears to have evaporated off Sigma SDS' and other sources (CRC, PubChem,
ChemSpider, CAMEO) don't seem to have it either. Most irritating, to me, is the classification of powdered aluminum as pyrophoric with no auto-ignition data to back it up - just a note "ignites on contact with air." If that were the case, the entire pyrotechnic
and propellant industries would have folded up by now.
Does anyone out there have auto-ignition data in a format they're able/willing to share? Or have any insight into where the data has gone off to?
Thanks mucho,
Debbie
Debbie M. Decker, CCHO, ACS Fellow
Past Chair, Division of Chemical Health and Safety
Councilor and Programming Co-Chair
University of California, Davis
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