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| Type of explosion caused by the sudden influx of air into a mixture of gases, which have been heated above ignition temperature of at least one of them |
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| A chemical reaction that releases energy as heat and usually light (referred to being on fire) |
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| Fuels over an entire area or in a room reach their ignition temperature at almost the same time |
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| Fuel, Energy, Oxidizer, Chemical Chain Reaction |
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| Transfer of heat through a medium without visible motion |
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| Transfer of heat through a circulating medium, such as liquids and gases |
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| Transfer of heat by wavelengths of energy |
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| Touching the flame to the burners |
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| Temperature of a substance where the rate of evaporation exceeds the rate of condensation |
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| Percentage of a substance in air that will burn once its ignited |
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| Minimum temperature to which a fuel in air must be heated in order to start self sustained combustion independent of the heating source |
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| Temperature at which a liquid fuel will produce vapors sufficient to support combustion once ignited. Usually a few degrees above flashpoint |
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| Minimum temperature at which a liquid fuel gives off sufficient vapors to form an ignitable mixture with the air near the surface. At this temperature, ignitable vapors will flash, but will not continue to burn |
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| Energized Electrical Devices/Equipment Fire |
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| British Thermal Unit, Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree fahrenheit |
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| Available moisture is cooked off and then the solid fuel molecules undergo thermal decomposition and become fuel gases without passing through an observable liquid phase. |
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| normal process of solid to liquid to gas |
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