Translation for "inflammability" to german
Inflammability
noun
Translation examples
Now, Harding having sulphuric acid at his disposal, had already been easily able to produce azotic acid by attacking the saltpeter with which nature supplied him. He accordingly resolved to manufacture and employ pyroxyle, although it has some inconveniences, that is to say, a great inequality of effect, an excessive inflammability, since it takes fire at one hundred and seventy degrees instead of two hundred and forty, and lastly, an instantaneous deflagration which might damage the firearms.
Da Cyrus Smith Schwefelsäure zur Disposition stand, konnte er auch jene Säure durch Zersetzung des von der Natur gebotenen Salpeters darstellen. Er beschloß also wirklich Schießbaumwolle zum gewöhnlichen Gebrauche anzufertigen, trotzdem er gegen deren große Fehler nicht blind war, d.h. gegen die Unsicherheit ihrer Wirkung, die überaus leichte Entzündbarkeit, da sie schon bei 170° Wärme explodirt, und endlich ihre zu rapide Verbrennung, welche in Feuerwaffen gefährlich werden kann.
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