Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
álcool etílico carburante
English translation:
ethyl alcohol fuel
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airmailrpl
Sep 2, 2004 01:46
19 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
álcool etílico carburante
Portuguese to English
Tech/Engineering
Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
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Portuguese term (edited):
�lcool et�lico carburante
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ethyl alcohol fuel
13. Charles Kettering and Thomas Midgley
... But Midgley and Kettering’s interest in ethyl alcohol fuel did not fade once tetraethyl lead was discovered as an antiknock in December, 1921. ...
chemcases.com/tel/tel-13.htm
Hemp for Fuel - HEMP FUEL
... with a crowbar. Ford's optimistic appraisal of cellulose and crop based ethyl alcohol fuel can be read in several ways. First, it ...
www.artistictreasure.com/learnmorecleanair.html
ADDITION OF OXYGENATED COMPOUND TO GASOLINE
... attempts to use alternative fuels as well as of the policy aiming at reducing fossil fuel consumption by mixing AEAF (anhydrous ethyl alcohol fuel) and other ...
ecen.com/eee19/compoxie.htm
... But Midgley and Kettering’s interest in ethyl alcohol fuel did not fade once tetraethyl lead was discovered as an antiknock in December, 1921. ...
chemcases.com/tel/tel-13.htm
Hemp for Fuel - HEMP FUEL
... with a crowbar. Ford's optimistic appraisal of cellulose and crop based ethyl alcohol fuel can be read in several ways. First, it ...
www.artistictreasure.com/learnmorecleanair.html
ADDITION OF OXYGENATED COMPOUND TO GASOLINE
... attempts to use alternative fuels as well as of the policy aiming at reducing fossil fuel consumption by mixing AEAF (anhydrous ethyl alcohol fuel) and other ...
ecen.com/eee19/compoxie.htm
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fuel ethyl alcohol
Noted Chinese Rice Expert Mulls Producing Ethyl Alcohol with Rice
... Yuan suggested building a special distillery withan annual output of 300,000 tons
of fuel ethyl alcohol in Changde city, central-south China's Hunan Province. ...
english.people.com.cn/ 200303/12/eng20030312_113173.shtml
... Yuan suggested building a special distillery withan annual output of 300,000 tons
of fuel ethyl alcohol in Changde city, central-south China's Hunan Province. ...
english.people.com.cn/ 200303/12/eng20030312_113173.shtml
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Portuguese term (edited):
�lcool et�lico carburante
petrol-ethyl alcohol
India's 'gasohol' shift to curb oil import bill -DAWN ...... The petrol-ethyl alcohol blend is promising, but the challenge lies in the use of diesel, which despite the ban on buses' use on them last year, accounts for ...
www.dawn.com/2003/01/19/int13.htm - 16k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
I think "carburante" could be translated as "petrol"
Mike :)
www.dawn.com/2003/01/19/int13.htm - 16k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
I think "carburante" could be translated as "petrol"
Mike :)
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airmailrpl
: Definitions of petrol on the Web: Brit. Gasoline., UK term for gasoline, either lamp fuel or automobile fuel.
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Portuguese term (edited):
�lcool et�lico carburante
ethylic alcohol alcohol
alcohol and carburetant are nouns, while ethylic is an adjective
6 hrs
Portuguese term (edited):
�lcool et�lico carburante
ethanol/ fuel alcohol
If the text refers to the fuel distilled from sugar cane which is used to run cars in Brazil then the most common translation is simply "ethanol". "Fuel alcohol" is also frequently used.
Reference:
http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1313810
http://www.unica.com.br/i_pages/alcool_alcoolcombustivel.asp
2 days 14 hrs
Portuguese term (edited):
�lcool et�lico carburante
fuel ethanol or fuel alcohol
as in the fuel you buy at the pump in Brazil
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