Flammable and Flammable Liquids

English translation: flammable and combustible

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Danish term or phrase:brandfarlig og brændbar
English translation:flammable and combustible
Entered by: Michele Fauble

22:26 Dec 23, 2020
Danish to English translations [PRO]
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Danish term or phrase: Flammable and Flammable Liquids
I'm doing a translation from English into Italian, but the source text was in danish, I'm running into this sentence in a part with very bad English that might have been translated with machine translation and no revision.

I wonder if Flammable and flammable originates from Danish having two slightly different but similar terms that MT might have translated with flammable.

There is a reference to "Executive Order nr. 1639 on "Flammable and Flammable Liquids and related regulations"
Serena Marangoni
Italy
Local time: 16:34
flammable (brandfarlig) and combustible (brændbar)
Explanation:
Flammable and combustible liquids are liquids that can burn. ... Generally speaking, flammable liquids will ignite (catch on fire) and burn easily at normal working temperatures. Combustible liquids have the ability to burn at temperatures that are usually above working temperatures.

Flammable & Combustible Liquids - Hazards : OSH Answers

A combustible material is something that can combust (burn) in air. Flammable materials are combustible materials that ignite easily at ambient temperatures. In other words, a combustible material ignites with some effort and a flammable material catches fire immediately on exposure to flame.

Combustibility and flammability - Wikipedia
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Michele Fauble
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Local time: 08:34
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4 +1flammable (brandfarlig) and combustible (brændbar)
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flammable (brandfarlig) and combustible (brændbar)


Explanation:
Flammable and combustible liquids are liquids that can burn. ... Generally speaking, flammable liquids will ignite (catch on fire) and burn easily at normal working temperatures. Combustible liquids have the ability to burn at temperatures that are usually above working temperatures.

Flammable & Combustible Liquids - Hazards : OSH Answers

A combustible material is something that can combust (burn) in air. Flammable materials are combustible materials that ignite easily at ambient temperatures. In other words, a combustible material ignites with some effort and a flammable material catches fire immediately on exposure to flame.

Combustibility and flammability - Wikipedia


Michele Fauble
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