álcool etílico carburante

English translation: ethyl alcohol fuel

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Portuguese term or phrase:álcool etílico carburante
English translation:ethyl alcohol fuel
Entered by: airmailrpl

01:46 Sep 2, 2004
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
Portuguese term or phrase: álcool etílico carburante
Does anyone know how to translate that term?
Renato Camargo
Local time: 14:02
ethyl alcohol fuel
Explanation:
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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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 14:02
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2ethyl alcohol fuel
airmailrpl
4 +1fuel ethyl alcohol
António Ribeiro
4 +1ethylic alcohol alcohol
Lais Leite
4petrol-ethyl alcohol
Michael Powers (PhD)
4ethanol/ fuel alcohol
David Warwick
4fuel ethanol or fuel alcohol
judith ryan


  

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fuel ethyl alcohol


Explanation:
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

António Ribeiro
Local time: 03:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  DavidHardy
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álcool etílico carburante
petrol-ethyl alcohol


Explanation:
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 :)


Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 13:02
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  airmailrpl: Definitions of petrol on the Web: Brit. Gasoline., UK term for gasoline, either lamp fuel or automobile fuel.
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álcool etílico carburante
ethylic alcohol alcohol


Explanation:
alcohol and carburetant are nouns, while ethylic is an adjective

Lais Leite
Brazil
Local time: 14:02
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
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álcool etílico carburante
ethanol/ fuel alcohol


Explanation:
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=1...
    Reference: http://www.unica.com.br/i_pages/alcool_alcoolcombustivel.asp
David Warwick
Local time: 18:02
Native speaker of: English
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
álcool etílico carburante
ethyl alcohol fuel


Explanation:
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

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 14:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 31
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Thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kathleen Goldsmith-Killing
2 hrs
  -> agradeço

agree  Clauwolf
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2 days 14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
álcool etílico carburante
fuel ethanol or fuel alcohol


Explanation:
as in the fuel you buy at the pump in Brazil

judith ryan
Brazil
Local time: 14:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
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