It really, really, will not burn. Inflammable means that something will not burn. Flammable means that it will burn. Understanding the confusion with this word in particular, most trucking companies carrying non-flammable materials will now indicate this with the word non-flammable instead of the admittedly strange 'inflammable'. So "highly inflammable" is a highly suspect description.
synthetic is not a sustenance, it is a word used to describe substances that are man made. Some synthetic substances are flammable and some are not.
Yes, some gels are flammable. How flammable would depend on it's alcohol, or flammable substance content. Some gels are not flammable at all, and others a very flammable.
Carbonates are generally not flammable.
Fermium is not flammable.
non-flammable
Yes, oddly enough, they do mean the same thing.Normally the prefix "in" added to a word is a negative (like un) that means "not" or "unable to be". In this case the Latin intensive prefix in created inflammabilis (to inflame) from flammare (set fire to). This can be seen in the English word "inflame".The actual "not flammable" word is "nonflammable / non-flammable", or incombustible.
Yes it does mean it is flammable.
Flammable AND inflammable both mean that something can easily catch fire. Gasoline is a flammable liquid, and is inflammable. Something that will NOT burn is nonflammable.
if you add fire it makes flammable
Yes, oddly enough, they do mean the same thing.Normally the prefix "in" added to a word is a negative (like un) that means "not" or "unable to be". In this case the Latin intensive prefix in created inflammabilis (to inflame) from flammare (set fire to). This can be seen in the English word "inflame".The actual "not flammable" word is "nonflammable / non-flammable", or incombustible.
The hair spray can claimed that it is very flammable.
There are actually no differences between the words "flammable" and "inflammable" as they both mean that the object or item can burn easily. Many often mistake the word "inflammable" to mean that an item cannot or is resistant to fire, however this is not the case and actually comes from the word "inflame".
root word
Non-flammable means that cannot be burned or ignited.
The base word for flammable is "flame."
The base word for "unraveled" is "ravel," which means to become unraveled or untangled.