Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

álcool etílico carburante

English translation:

ethyl alcohol fuel

Added to glossary by 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
Does anyone know how to translate that term?

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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
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agree Kathleen Goldsmith-Killing
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agree Clauwolf
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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
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agree DavidHardy
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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 :)
Peer comment(s):

neutral 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
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agree Henrique Magalhaes
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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.
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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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