Power Law Expressions for Predicting Lower and Upper Flammability Limit Temperatures

By analogy with recent models for
flash point, the lower and upper flammability limit temperatures of
organic compounds are represented as power law expressions in terms
of fragment contributions. The predictive value of the resulting models
compares well with recently published methods. A major advantage of
the present approach is the fact it provides better insight into the
relationships between flammability limit temperatures and molecular
structure.