What's the difference between fireproof and flammable?

Fireproof


Definition:

  • (a.) Proof against fire; incombustible.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Testing conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) confirmed that the petroleum-like odor was due to the fireproofing.
  • (2) I improved my security, had my front door steel reinforced, a fireproof letterbox put in.
  • (3) Hotel robberies have become virtually uncontrollable, and there have been some spectacular recent cases in which thieves have broken into hotel vaults.” And oh, yes: visitors should try “to avoid buildings that are not completely fireproof” and “to obtain a room that is close by the fire stairs”.
  • (4) If your house was on fire would you want to be rescued (in anything other than a sexual fantasy) by a woman in nine-inch high silver platforms, sparkly blue trousers and a PVC skin-tight red jacket vaguely resembling something fireproof?
  • (5) John Belles built a concrete dome and turned it into a house 15 years ago because the manufacturers told him it was fireproof.
  • (6) After examining Marie Curie House, an identical block adjoining Lakanal – where similar rennovations took place and where the equivalent ceiling has now been removed – Webb believes the work compromised fireproofing between flats and the corridor.
  • (7) Video sales may be generally ailing, but in this sector, they're booming (Fireproof, produced by Nixon, racked up 90,000 DVD sales in Brazil alone; the accompanying book sold 120,000).
  • (8) Regarding non-occupational exposures to asbestos, 13 cases of mesothelioma were found in women who had washed the work clothes of their relatives at home; we also found other domestic uses of asbestos which were rarely or never discussed previously in the literature: six cases might be explained by the installation of fireproof or non-conductive materials in the domestic environment.
  • (9) The papers The Times has an exclusive on Grenfell Tower and claims leaked emails show that fireproof cladding was allegedly downgraded to save about £300,000 in refurbishment costs.
  • (10) A main concern is modifications to buildings, some by residents, for example right-to-buy flat owners who replace the original fireproof doors to their flats with combustible replacements.
  • (11) This paper focuses on the extensive use of asbestos as a fireproofing and insulating material in shipbuilding in the 1940s, when World War II industrial expansion brought about a hitherto unprecedented rise in the amount of asbestos utilized.
  • (12) FIREPROOF BOSSES "Paul Ince was sacked by Blackburn after failing to win for 11 matches," began Lars Ellensohn in 2009 .
  • (13) An investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Branch (OSHA) of the Alaska Department of Labor found no major health problems and concluded that fireproofing at the school may have caused a petroleum-like odor.
  • (14) Hopefully fireproof, as Drogon has been known to get overexcited when the Targaryens get into the final third.
  • (15) Chloroform has the great advantage of being fireproof, but proper fume hoods should be used.
  • (16) Installing cable above a suspended ceiling in the presence of asbestos-containing fireproofing is an example of an activity that may disturb in-place asbestos and associated dust and debris.
  • (17) But once he'd been passed Cable's quasi-judicial duty to rule on the bid, Hunt had doggedly set prejudice aside to establish a fireproof process: all his experts' advice would be published and he'd have to explain whenever he didn't take it.
  • (18) FIREPROOF BOSSES “Paul Ince was sacked after failing to win for 11 matches,” begins Lars Ellensohn.
  • (19) In Fireproof, our hero saves his marriage by means of the 40-day programme recommended to him by his born-again father.
  • (20) What developed was Concrete Canvas, a fabric that hardens when sprayed with water, creating a waterproof and fireproof concrete layer.

Flammable


Definition:

  • (a.) Inflammable.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "Monasteries and convents face greater risks than other buildings in terms of fire safety," the article said, adding that many are built with flammable materials and located far away from professional fire brigades.
  • (2) The authors consider that this device increases safety during this potentially hazardous procedure by eliminating the flammable polyvinyl chloride endotracheal tube and cottonoid packings most frequently used during this procedure.
  • (3) It is probable that the single factor most important to the decline, in our experience with these injuries, is lower fabric flammability but, because our data may not be representative, corroboration is needed before one can exclude factors such as altered garment design, fire safety-related practices at home, or changing patterns of hospital referral.
  • (4) The results of two separate tests and corresponding photographs are presented to verify the flammability.
  • (5) Products frequently associated with burn injuries included those involved in food preparation and consumption, flammable liquids, and clothing.
  • (6) The heat of combustion per mole of gas mixture at the lean limit is a reliable thermochemical criterion for the flammability of organic fuels with comparable reactivities.
  • (7) The O2 index of flammability is the minimum O2 fraction in nitrogen that will support candle-like flame using a standard ignition source.
  • (8) Modified lightweight passenger breathing apparatus, upgraded flight attendant and aircrew portable breathing apparatus, floor level guidance to exits, less flammable and toxic interior materials, improved passenger evacuation information, tailored airport emergency response procedures, and upgraded toilet smoke detector equipment are examples.
  • (9) "I see nothing amusing about flammable liquid existing in the court where there are so many people and just one door.
  • (10) Season two crafted complex characters racked with existential ambivalence – heroines marked for the abyss, fragile, flammable outcasts and desolate prodigies, all of whose private pain was as palpable as the crimson bloodbath head witch Evelyn Poole soaks in.
  • (11) You can find them at Macy’s in the flammable section.’” There were more digs at Trump to come in Obama’s 2012 and 2015 speeches to the dinner, and continued references to the birther row in 2013 and 2014, but if he does return to the subject this year, it is likely to take a subtler form than what some might view as class-baiting by Myers.
  • (12) Scald prevention, high-risk environments (home and recreational), high-risk populations (male and natives) and unsafe practices with flammable liquids (petrol in particular) should be emphasized in paediatric burn prevention programmes.
  • (13) Although dimethyl sulfoxide is not highly flammable, normal safety precautions used with any flammable solvent are the minimal requirements for safe use of this drug.
  • (14) We conclude that industrial design should include safeguards which isolate workers from flammable materials, including isolation of explosive materials from working areas, alarm systems to detect leakage of flammable agents, protective barriers and shields, and the regulation and institution of flame and flash-resistant clothing.
  • (15) This procedure has the advantage of not requiring derivitization of non-volatile acids and provides the convenience of a technique which does not require the use of flammable gasses, while allowing the identification of at least 18 different acids from the same chromatographic analysis.
  • (16) In this form of welding, a mixture of powdered metals, including tungsten carbide and cobalt, is heated by ignition of a flammable gas and propelled from the end of the "gun" at high temperature and velocity to form a welded metal coating.
  • (17) But last week we saw that our streets too are highly flammable.
  • (18) Flammability is a valid method of comparing safety of various endotracheal tube materials.
  • (19) The cost of culture materials was reduced considerably, and no toxic or flammable solvents needed to be used.
  • (20) The oxidant N2O index of flammability for esophageal stethoscopes is 0.430, for Salem sump nasogastric tubes 0.430, for enteric feeding tubes 0.375, for plastic nasopharyngeal airways 0.415, and for rubber nasopharyngeal airways 0.366.

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