Is all jet fuel the same?
The fuel used by civilian airlines, fueled in the USA, is Jet A. To acquire some, go to a nearby airport which can handle operations by Turboprop or Turbofan aircraft. Some of the smaller airports, only supporting piston aircraft operations, may not be able to help you, but anything which can handle a Lear Jet should be able to supply you with examples of it.

There's no specific chemical formula for this. It is a mixture of a variety of compounds. And no, you can't isolate just one particular compound and use it as a representative sample. There are reasons for the various additives, and all of them will have SOME effect on the burn characteristics.

Try not to breathe the fumes, before or after combustion. Do not operate any kind of radio transmitter (including a cellphone) within 50 feet of the vapors of it (when the fuel is exposed to air, before or during combustion). Make sure that whatever vessel you're going to burn it in is metal (plastic doesn't respond well to burning petrochemicals :-) and make sure there is good electrical conductivity between the vessel and the ground. Have a large, CO2- or Halon-based (NOT water or dry chemical) fire extinguisher nearby.

When I was refueling F-16s in the Air Force:


no radio transmitters (walkie talkies, at the time) were allowed with 50 feet of refueling operation
the aircraft and the refueling vehicle BOTH had to be grounded and connected to each other BEFORE connecting the refueling line
no refueling ops were permitted if there was lightning within 5 miles
no refuelings ops were permitted without a 50-pound halon-based fire extinguisher and a dedicated person (fire guard) to man it


This should give you some idea of proper safety around this stuff.