The flashback phenomenon in tubes has been known and studied for several decades. Its classical analysis is based on the determination of the critical velocity gradient, Gc, which delimits it as a function of the fuel mixture properties. However, the effect of the CO2 dilution is not known, which is important for predicting the safety of pre-salt facilities. For this reason, specific studies of premixed flame flashback in laminar flows are developed here. The general objective of this work is to experimentally determine the influence of CO2 dilution on flame flashback in mixtures of hydrocarbons (CH4 and propane) and air. The state of the art research made it possible to specify the characteristics of the experimental installation for this phenomenon study and, also, to identify the main issues to be addressed. An experimental apparatus was designed and built to study the flame flashback in laminar flows. The original results obtained show how the propensity of the flame flashback is influenced by the nature of the fuel, the stoichiometry of the mixture, and the dilution. Propane mixtures have a greater propensity for flashback and higher values of Gc than those of methane. It has also been shown that there is a reduction in the propensity of flashback with increasing dilution. This propensity was related to the dimensionless numbers that characterize combustion, that is, the Lewis, Péclet, Karlovitz, and Zel dovich numbers. For the latter, an original proposal aimed at its determination is presented, which involves an expression of the heat release rate from the global chemical reaction controlled by a progress variable.