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Keywords: Extinguish, Flame, Ignited, Cease, Burning

Related Terms: Smolder , Briquet, Burning, Char, Combustible, Ember, Fire, Fire Retardant, Flame, Fuel, Ignite, Incendiary, Incinerate, Noncombustible, Nonflammable, Pilot Light, Rekindle, Smoke, Smoulder, Tinder, Flashover, Fluidized-Bed Combustion, Fly Ash, Open Burning, Spontaneous Combustion, Flammable, Flammability, Spark Arrester, Backdraft, Combustible Material, Fire Point, Flame Retardant, Flame Spread, Flame Spread Rating, Flammable Solid, Flame Resistant, Flame-Retardant, Flame Resistance, Burning, Bottom Ash, Ash Content, Catalytic Combustor, Drip Torch, Pellet Stove, Flash Fire, Lighter, Burn Out, Flame Spraying, Non-Combustible

The characteristic of a material whose flame is extinguished after the igniting flame is removed.

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The characteristic of a material that extinguishes its own flame after the igniting flame is removed.

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ability of a burning plastic to extinguish itself without external influence

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The ability of the tape to cease burning once the flame is removed.

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See also extinguishing. Compounds having resistance to burning.

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A loosely-used term describing a material's ability to stop burning once the source of the flame is removed.

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A term describing a plastic material that stops burning when the source of the burning is removed.

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the ability of a plastic to resist burning when the source of heat or flame that ignited it is removed.

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A somewhat loosely used term describing the ability of a material to cease burning once the source of flame has been removed.

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