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The substances which have very low


temperature and can easily catch fire with a flame are called


substances.


A

ignition

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inflammable

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Solution

  • The substances which have very low ignition temperature and can easily catch fire with a flame are called inflammable substances.
  • Inflammable substances: Inflammable substances are those substances that catch fire very easily and their ignition temperature is very low.
  • Examples of inflammable substances are alcohol, petrol, liquefied petroleum gas and so forth. Inflammable substances are the ones that are much harder to burn or catch fire.
  • Hydrogen gas is a highly inflammable gas and it has very less molecular weight.
  • Kerosene also has low ignition temperature and it is inflammable.
  • Methane is also an inflammable substance, and methane is also called natural gas.
  • Hence the correct answer to be filled in the blank will be ignition and inflammable.

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