What's the difference between burnable and ignitable?
Burnable
Definition:
(a.) Combustible.
Example Sentences:
(1) Therefore, a method is proposed for the joint measurement of burnable tritium, independently from its physico-chemical form, and of tritiated water.
(2) In parallel, a series of authoritative analyses have shown that only a quarter of existing, exploitable fossil fuels reserves are burnable if global warming is not to exceed the dangerous 2C level agreed as the limit by the world’s nations.
(3) There are also questions about the consequences of fire risk reduction measures practised over the last few decades: preventing regular fires means the amount of burnable wood grows year-by-year, risking even greater firestorms.
(4) The 2C target means only a quarter of existing, exploitable fossil fuel reserves are burnable , according to a series of recent analyses.
(5) The 2C target means only a quarter of existing, exploitable fossil fuel reserves are burnable , according to a series of recent analyses, implying that trillions of dollars of oil, gas and coal held by investors could become worthless and that further exploration for fossil fuels may be pointless.
(6) They also comment that carbon capture and storage could increase the amount of “burnable” carbon.
(7) The 2C target means only a quarter of existing, exploitable fossil fuel reserves are burnable, according to a series of recent analyses.
(8) Only a quarter of existing, exploitable fossil fuel reserves are burnable if global warming is not to exceed dangerous levels, according to recent analyses.