Standard Test Method for Flash Point by Modified Continuously Closed Cup (MCCCFP) Tester

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
5.1 The flash point temperature is one measure of the tendency of the test specimen to form a flammable mixture with air under controlled laboratory conditions. It is only one of a number of properties which must be considered in assessing the overall flammability hazard of a material.  
5.2 Flash point is used in shipping and safety regulations to define flammable and combustible materials and for classification purposes. This definition may vary from regulation to regulation. Consult the particular regulation involved for precise definitions of these classifications.  
5.3 This test method can be used to measure and describe the properties of materials in response to heat and an ignition source under controlled laboratory conditions and shall not be used to describe or appraise the fire hazard or fire risk of materials under actual fire conditions. However, results of this test method may be used as elements of a fire risk assessment, which takes into account all of the factors which are pertinent to an assessment of the fire hazard of a particular end use.  
5.4 Flash point can also indicate the possible presence of highly volatile and flammable materials in a relatively nonvolatile or nonflammable material, such as the contamination of lubricating oils by small amounts of diesel fuel or gasoline. This test method was designed to be more sensitive to potential contamination than Test Method D6450.
SCOPE
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the flash point of fuels, lube oils, solvents and other liquids by a continuously closed cup tester utilizing a specimen size of 2 mL, cup size of 7 mL, with a heating rate of 2.5°C per minute.  
1.1.1 Apparatus requiring a specimen size of 1 mL, cup size of 4 mL, and a heating rate of 5.5°C per minute must be run according to Test Method D6450.  
1.2 This flash point test method is a dynamic method and depends on definite rates of temperature increase. It is one of the many flash point test methods available and every flash point test method, including this one, is an empirical method.Note 1—Flash point values are not a constant physical chemical property of materials tested. They are a function of the apparatus design, the condition of the apparatus used, and the operational procedure carried out. Flash point can, therefore, only be defined in terms of a standard test method and no general valid correlation can be guaranteed between results obtained by different test methods or where different test apparatus is specified.  
1.3 This test method utilizes a closed but unsealed cup with air injected into the test chamber.  
1.4 This test method is suitable for testing samples with a flash point from 35 to 225°C.Note 2—Flash point determinations below 35°C and above 225°C may be performed; however, the precision has not been determined below and above these temperatures.  
1.5 If the user’s specification requires a defined flash point method other than this method, neither this method nor any other test method should be substituted for the prescribed test method without obtaining comparative data and an agreement from the specifier.  
1.6 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius, pressure in kilo-Pascals.  
1.7 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific warning statements, see 7.2, 8.5, and 10.1.2.

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Designation:D7094 −12
StandardTest Method for
Flash Point by Modified Continuously Closed Cup
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(MCCCFP) Tester
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D7094; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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ε NOTE—Editorially removed sole source of supply footnote from 6.1 in February 2014.
1. Scope* 1.7 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the flash
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
point of fuels, lube oils, solvents and other liquids by a
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
continuously closed cup tester utilizing a specimen size of 2
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific
mL, cup size of 7 mL, with a heating rate of 2.5°C per minute.
warning statements, see 7.2, 8.5, and 10.1.2.
1.1.1 Apparatus requiring a specimen size of 1 mL, cup size
of 4 mL, and a heating rate of 5.5°C per minute must be run
2. Referenced Documents
according to Test Method D6450.
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
1.2 This flash point test method is a dynamic method and
D93 Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-Martens
depends on definite rates of temperature increase. It is one of
Closed Cup Tester
the many flash point test methods available and every flash
D4057 Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and
point test method, including this one, is an empirical method.
Petroleum Products
NOTE 1—Flash point values are not a constant physical chemical
D4177 Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and
property of materials tested. They are a function of the apparatus design,
the condition of the apparatus used, and the operational procedure carried
Petroleum Products
out. Flash point can, therefore, only be defined in terms of a standard test
D6450 Test Method for Flash Point by Continuously Closed
methodandnogeneralvalidcorrelationcanbeguaranteedbetweenresults
Cup (CCCFP) Tester
obtained by different test methods or where different test apparatus is
D6708 Practice for StatisticalAssessment and Improvement
specified.
of Expected Agreement Between Two Test Methods that
1.3 This test method utilizes a closed but unsealed cup with
Purport to Measure the Same Property of a Material
air injected into the test chamber.
E300 Practice for Sampling Industrial Chemicals
1.4 This test method is suitable for testing samples with a
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2.2 ISO Standards:
flash point from 35 to 225°C.
ISO Guide 34 Quality Systems Guidelines for the Produc-
NOTE 2—Flash point determinations below 35°C and above 225°C may
tion of Reference Materials
be performed; however, the precision has not been determined below and
above these temperatures. ISOGuide35 CertificationofReferenceMaterials—General
and Statistical Principles
1.5 If the user’s specification requires a defined flash point
method other than this method, neither this method nor any
3. Terminology
other test method should be substituted for the prescribed test
method without obtaining comparative data and an agreement
3.1 Definitions:
from the specifier. 3.1.1 flash point, n—the lowest temperature corrected to a
pressure of 101.3 kPa at which application of an ignition
1.6 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
source causes the vapors of a specimen of the sample to ignite
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
momentarily under specified conditions of the test.
standard. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius, pressure in
kilo-Pascals.
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 on For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Subcommittee D02.08 on Volatility. Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2012. Published March 2013. Originally the ASTM website.
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approved in 2004. Last previous edition approved in 2009 as D7094–04(2009). Available fromAmerican National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,
DOI: 10.1520/D7094-12. 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard
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