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INFLAMMABLE [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Fires and Explosions
  • Strength of Materials
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
DEF

Capable of burning with a flame.

OBS

"Flammable" is now used technically in preference to the outmoded English term "inflammable", to avoid the possible ambiguity of the prefix "in" that could be taken for a negative.

OBS

flammable: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Feux et explosions
  • Résistance des matériaux
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
DEF

Se dit de ce qui prend feu, s'enflamme facilement et brûle rapidement.

CONT

Selon la vitesse d'apparition et de propagation de la flamme sur le matériau, le classement de réaction au feu distingue les matériaux M1 (anciennement «ininflammables»), M2 (anciennement «difficilement inflammables»), M3 (anciennement «moyennement inflammables», M4 (anciennement «facilement inflammables» et M5 («très facilement inflammables»).

OBS

inflammable : terme normalisé par l'ISO et par l'AFNOR.

OBS

inflammable : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Fuegos y explosiones
  • Resistencia de los materiales
  • Fiabilidad y ensayos (Ingeniería)
DEF

Con respecto a un fluido o gas, [...] susceptible de inflamarse rápidamente o explotar.

PHR

Líquido inflamable, sustancia inflamable.

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Record 2 2010-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Fires and Explosions
DEF

[A substance] capable of being easily ignited and of burning with extreme rapidity.

OBS

"flammable": Revived in modern use to avoid the possible ambiguity of "inflammable", in which the prefix "in-" might be taken for a negative.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
  • Feux et explosions
OBS

"inflammable" : Qui a la propriété de s'enflammer facilement et de brûler rapidement.

CONT

Substance combustible, mais non inflammable.

CONT

Substance peu inflammable, très inflammable, facilement inflammable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química analítica
  • Fuegos y explosiones
DEF

Material líquido o gaseoso que tenga un punto de inflamación menor a 93°C, método de copa cerrada.

CONT

En las instalaciones de Petróleos Mexicanos existen áreas en que la liberación de sustancias inflamables ocurre tan raramente en algunas operaciones y equipos, que no justifica considerar como áreas peligrosas sus alrededores.

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