flammable liquids

Fire-feeding substances

Flammable liquids are liquids that can ignite and burn readily at normal temperatures.

The term appears in safety regulations, hazard classifications, and warning labels: Store flammable liquids away from heat sources.

Gasoline, alcohol, and acetone are common examples.

The phrase distinguishes these from liquids requiring extreme heat to burn.

Opposites
combustibility

flammable liquidswater

Clear essential liquid

fire retardants · saline solution · coolants · hydraulic fluids

physical state

flammable liquidsflammable solids

Solids prone to ignition

flammable gases · fireproof materials · asbestos · inert gases

chemical reactivity

flammable liquidsnoble gases

Nonreactive elemental group

Family

flame, liquid, inflammable, flammability

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