Determination of the Explosion and Fire Safety Parameters of BС-1 and BС-2 Diluents and of Extraction Mixtures Based on Them

Thermal stability conditions and explosion and fire safety parameters were determined experimentally for promising extraction mixtures based on BC-1 and BC-2 fluorinated diluents. The results obtained allowed calculation of the specific gas release rate. The new diluents are resistant to nitric acid. Significant exothermic processes are noticeable only at nitric acid concentrations higher than 10 M. The studies performed allow a conclusion that the use of BC-1 and BC-2 fluorinated alcohol carbonates as tributyl phosphate diluents instead of hydrocarbon compounds does not impair the explosion and fire safety of the process.