Abels flash point apparatus as per ip 33 and 1448 [part 1, p: 20] 1982 is manufactured by choudhary instrument manufacturing company . The apparatus is used to determine close cup flash point of petroleum products and mixture above 19°c and below 70°c. The apparatus is made of brass/gun metal-machined cup cover fitted with shutter mechanism, test flame arrangement, stirrer and thermometer socket. The total assembly of the apparatus rests in stainless double-jacketed copper/stainless water bath. Other components like a funnel, an overflow pipe and split thermometer socket are fixed on top of the heating bath and its outer jacket of the bath is fitted with a stand. At the bottom of the apparatus, an electric heater is fitted with a flexible cord.
