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Gasoline is flammable.
Liquids which can burn are divided into "flammable" and "combustible" according to their flash point temperatures, the lowest temperature at which they will burn. Flammable liquids will burn at temperatures below 37.8ºC (100ºF). A combustible liquid has to be heated to over 37.8ºC in order to burn.
If gasoline were combustible, we wouldn't be able to start our cars in the winter without some sort of heating device to bring the gasoline up to a working temperature. Fortunately, the flashpoint of gasoline is -42.3ºC (-45ºF), so cars will start in some pretty cold weather.
By the way, did you ever see in Die Hard 2 where Bruce Willis explodes the plane by setting a trail of jet fuel in the snow on fire with his lighter? That would never happen. Jet A-1 has a flash point of 51.5ºC (124.7ºF) and Jet A has a flash point of 42ºC (107.6ºF), both much too high for fuel lying in the snow.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoBe careful how you use gas because that can apply to a whole number of gases! But I assume you mean gasoline, which is very combustible. It is an energy dense hydrocarbon and is used in the combustion engine found in almost all automobiles around the world (diesel, propane, hydrogen are some other fuels that can be used in cars with the right engine).
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∙ 12y agoYes. Alll of the above.
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∙ 6y agoGasoline vapours are explosive.
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Is bromine corrosive or combustible or flammable?
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