“…This question was studied in more detail by Takahashi, Urano, Tokuhashi, and Kondo (2003). It was found (Coward & Jones, 1952;Zabetakis, 1965) that an ignition source in the form of an electrical spark of the energy not less than 1 J is sufficient for the reliable determination of the flammability limits at atmospheric pressure, and only for very low pressures (less than 10 kPa) and in some special cases (combustion of halogenated agents in air) more powerful ignition sources are required (Lisochkin & Poznyak, 2001b;Lisochkin, Poznyak, & Belevteev, 1999;Lisochkin, Poznyak, Belevteev, & Kunina, 2003). The pressure criterion for ignition used in this study was verified earlier (see, for example, and works cited there).…”