unflammable

comparative more unflammable · superlative most unflammable

1. Not flammable.

   Refrigerators used for flammables should be unflammable material storage units or explosion-free.

   1999, Maria Csuros, Csaba Csuros, Microbiological Examination of Water and Wastewater, Lewis Publishers, →ISBN, page 111

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   Many of the silane-based penetrants are alcohol- or solvent-based and flammable. The nature of AAS used in this study is unflammable and unvolatile, which allowed for construction safety;

   2008, ACI Materials Journal, page 21

   The main advantage of PEG over organic solvents is that it is more easily handled. It is unflammable, not poisonous, uncharged, and relatively unexpensive.

   2011, Bo Ersson, Lars Rydén, Jan-Christer Janson, “Introduction to Protein Purification”, in Protein Purification: Principles, High Resolution Methods, and Applications (Wiley Series in Methods of Biochemical Analysis), 3rd edition, Wiley, page 8

   Synonyms: nonflammable, noninflammable, uninflammable