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|  MATERIALS SUBJECT TO
Spontaneous Heating and Pyrophoricity
DOE-HDBK-1081-94
SPONTANEOUS HEATING
Tendency of
Usual shipping
spontaneous
container or
Precautions against
Name
heating
storage method
spontaneous heating
Remarks
Oleic acid
Very slight
Glass bottles, wooden
Avoid contact of leakage from
Impregnated fibrous materials may
barrels
containers with rags, cotton, or
heat unless ventilated.
other fibrous combustible
materials.
Oleo oil
Very slight
Wooden barrels
Avoid contact of leakage from
May heat on impregnated fibrous
containers with rags, cotton, or
combustible matter.
other fibrous combustible
materials.
Olive oil
Moderate to low
Tank, drums, cans,
Avoid contact of leakage from
Impregnated fibrous materials may
glass
containers with rags, cotton, or
heat unless ventilated. Tendency
other fibrous combustible
varies with origin of oil.
materials.
Paint containing
Moderate
Drums, cans, glass
Avoid contact of leakage from
Fabrics, rags, etc., impregnated with
drying oil
containers with rags, cotton, or
paints that contain drying oils and
other fibrous combustible
driers are extremely dangerous.
materials.
Store in closed containers, preferably
metal.
Paint scrapings
Moderate
Barrels, drums
Avoid large unventilated piles.
Tendency to heat depends on state of
dryness of the scrapings.
Palm oil
Low
Wooden barrels
Avoid contact of leakage from
Impregnated fibrous materials may
containers with rags, cotton, or
heat unless ventilated. Tendency
other fibrous combustible
varies with origin of oil.
materials.
Peanut oil
Low
Wooden barrels, tin
Avoid contact of leakage from
Impregnated fibrous materials may
cans
containers with rags, cotton, or
heat unless ventilated. Tendency
other fibrous combustible
varies with origin of oil.
materials.
Peanuts, "Red Skin"
High
Paper bags, cans,
Avoid badly ventilated storage.
This is the part of peanut between
fiber board boxes,
outer shell and peanut itself. Provide
burlap bags
well ventilated storage.
Peanuts, shelled
Very slight or
Paper bags, cans,
Keep cool and dry.
Avoid contamination of rags, etc.,
Negligible
fiber board boxes,
with oil.
burlap bags
Perilla oil
Moderate to high
Tin cans, barrels
Avoid contact of leakage from
Impregnated fibrous materials may
containers with rags, cotton, or
heat unless ventilated. Tendency
other fibrous combustible
varies with origin of oil.
materials.
Pine oil
Moderate
Galls, drums
Avoid contact of leakage from
Impregnated fibrous materials may
containers with rags, cotton, or
heat unless ventilated. Tendency
other fibrous combustible
varies with origin of oil.
materials.
Powdered eggs
Very slight
Wooden barrels
Avoid conditions that promote
Possible heating of decaying powder
bacterial growth; inhibit against
in storage.
decay; keep cool.
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Pyrophoricity
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