Technical Guide

CEC I NEC ( North American) Classifications

GrouoA
acetylene 305 220 NA 420 429 500 449 175 450 320 300 NA 538 260 310 428 321 249 2-butanol acetic acid
(glacial)

(Material and Ignition Temperatures C)

Class I ( Explosive Gases)

Grouo D
464 465 481 651 498 287
butyl alcohol)

mesityl oxide methane (natural gas) methanol (methyl alcohol) 3-methyl-1-butanol

(isoamyl alcohol)

344 537 385 350 404 448 415 478 288 482 206 260 300 432 412 399 455 490 480 402 472 463

Grouo B
acrolein
(inhibrted)

acetone acrylonitrile ammonia benzene butane

arsine butadiene ethylene oxide hydrogen propylene oxide propyl nitrate

methyl ethyl ketone methyl isobutol keytone 2-methyl-1-propanol (isobutyl alcohol) 2-methyl-2-propanol (tertiary butyl petroleum naphta pyridine octanes pentanes 1-pentanol t-propanol 2-propanol
(amyl alcohol) alcohol)

t-butanol

(butyl alcohol)

(secondary

n-butyl acetate isobutyl acetate sec-butyl alcohol di-isobutylene ethane ethanol (ethyl alcohol) ethyl acetate ethylene diamine
(anhydrous)

343 405 425 421 343 391 472 363 426 385 413 280 223 204 395 443

Grouo C
ethylene ethylenmine ethyl mercaptan ethyl sulfide hydrogen cyanide hydrogen sulfide morpholine 2-nitropropane tetrahydrofuran unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine
udmh 1.1-dimethyl hydrazine hydrazine

propane
(propyl alcohol) (isopropyl alcohol)

ethylene dichloride gasoline (56-60 octane) hexanes heptanes isoprene isopropyl ether

propylene styrene toluene vinyl acetate vinyl chloride xvlenes

(o-xylene)

Class 11 Explosive Dusts ) (

Group E Material Cloud
Aluminum Magnesium Titanium Zinc Bronze Chromium Tin Cadmium Coal 650 620 330 630 370 580 630 570

Laver
760 490 510 430 190 400 430 250 180

Material
Alfalfa Cocoa Coffee Corn Cornstarch Malt Skim Milk Rice Sugar Wheat

Cloud
460 420 410 400 380 400 490 440 350 480

Group G Material Laver

200 200 220 250 200 250 200 220 400 220 Wheat Flour Cellulose Acetate Ethyl Acetate Nylon Polyethylene POlystyrene Epoxy Polyurethane Cork Wood Flour
(White Pine)

Cloud
380 450 450 500 450 560 540 550 490 470

Layer
360 390 390 430 380 -

390 280 260

Group F
(Pittsburgh Seam)

610

Class III ( Explosive Fibers)

Material Cotton Lint Flax Rayon Cloud Layer

520 430 520

--230 250

This information is provided as simpHfied guide only. for actual installation use the NEe I CEe code book and lEe I CENELEC approvals and wiring codes as final authority on any installation.

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