[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR30.10-27]

[Page 393]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 30_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart 30.10_Definitions
 
Sec. 30.10-27  Flashpoint--TB/ALL.

    The term flashpoint indicates the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit 
at which a liquid gives off a flammable vapor when heated in an open-cup 
tester. For the purpose of the regulations in this subchapter, 
flashpoints determined by other testing methods will be equivalent to 
those determined with an open-cup tester, as follows:

                 Table 30.10-27--Equivalent Flashpoints
                         [In degrees Farenheit]
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                                                               Pensky-
                                                Tag closed-    Martens
                Open-cup tester                  cup tester     closed
                                                 (A.S.T.M.)     tester
                                                              (A.S.T.M.)
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80............................................           75  ...........
150...........................................  ...........          140
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