However, why are we ignoring static charge discharge here. Our body is an excellent store of static charges (all the plastic that we use all the time: cellphone, shoes, they can discharge against the bikes metallic body and lo you have a spark).
I remember discharging the static current all the time during dry days again metallic body of bike/car. ~RK On 10/1/07, Aditya B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > An attempt to answer the below question.. > Q: "Can fuel (petrol) catch fire if it falls on the hot cylinder head ?" > Ans: Yes, and No.. > > Gasoline is required to have a low flash point and a high autoignition > temperature <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoignition_temperature> of > 257'C. Which means petrol will auto ignite if it falls on a cylinder head > if > the head is 257'C hot or more. I doubt that the engine's exterior skin can > be that hot.. (please correct me if this assumption is wrong), in which > case > petrol will just evaporate. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoignition_temperature > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_point > > Thanks, > Aditya Bhelke > http://pulsar220club.blogspot.com/ > > On 9/28/07, Anupam Kansal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<anupam.kansal%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > > Can fule catch fire if it fall on the hot cylinder head :-? > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
