Talk:Neopentane

extremely flammable
Is neopentane more flammable than other volatile hydrocarbons? Otherwise I wouldn't call it 'extremely' flammable. --79.243.238.194 (talk) 21:16, 10 September 2013 (UTC)


 * I would say yes, due to the high C/H ratio, and it being a germinal dialkyl. Plasmic Physics (talk) 22:26, 10 September 2013 (UTC)


 * But neopentane has the highest autoignition temperature among the isomeric pentanes (see in the articles). And, compared to the lower gaseous hydrocarbons, a neopentane/oxygen mixture needs a higher oxygen ratio to be explosive. What both should make it less dangerous again... --79.243.248.187 (talk) 18:21, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
 * The first thing is right, maybe due to the fact that all outer carbons are primary carbons which are less reactive towards radical reactions than secondary and tertiary ones. But the explosion hazard depends on if you have an air-in-neopentane mixture (which should not be explosive) or an neopentane-in-air mixture, which can explode very easily because it doesn't need much neopentane for the stoichiometric combustion. So the second thing is rather a reason for - and not against - considering it extremely flammable. --130.83.100.213 (talk) 12:31, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

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