This protection may be sufficient to slow the drying of forest fuels and preserve them in anon-flammablestate during most savanna fire encroachments.
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They are chemically inert,non-flammableunder normal conditions, have good electrical insulation properties and also conduct heat well.
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Oxygen is anon-flammablegas, but will support combustion.
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Fluorinated gases have high energy efficiency, arenon-flammableand non-toxic, and can be handled and managed by workers in total safety.
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Do we not buy garments that arenon-flammable?
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At the moment, no adequate, economical, non-toxic andnon-flammablealternative exists.
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Marked "non-flammable", in tests the bags were engulfed in flame within 90 seconds.
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Such shirts should be labelled to show whether they arenon-flammableor inflammable, according to the type of material used to fill them.
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They would show the enormous difference between flammable andnon-flammablematerials.
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They are relatively non-toxic,non-flammableand stable.
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In those circumstances, is not some further encouragement, or possibly compulsion, necessary, to use material which is bothnon-flammableand which prevents wet or dry rot setting in?
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I would ask that the attractive drawings and pictures of nursery subjects should be used on thenon-flammable materials just as to-day they are used on flammable materials.
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And we havenon-flammablegases.
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The first is by using fabrics comprising a fibre that is completelynon-flammable, and which will consequently withstand repeated launderings without losing any of its flameproof properties.
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The primary change was the entire west wall; its aged dry plywood panels were replaced withnon-flammable translucent plastic (upper) and opaque aluminum (lower).
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