chilogrammo di legno equivalente

English translation: kilogram wood equivalent

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Italian term or phrase:chilogrammo di legno equivalente
English translation:kilogram wood equivalent
Entered by: Michele Armellini

16:52 Dec 12, 2013
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Safety / Fire prevention
Italian term or phrase: chilogrammo di legno equivalente
"il carico d'incendio è espresso in chilogrammi di legno equivalente". This is a text about the italian regulations for fire prevention.
Michele Armellini
Italy
Local time: 08:18
kilogram wood equivalent
Explanation:
"Fire load is conveniently expressed in terms of the floor space as MJ/m2 or Mcal/m2. More often it would be expressed in terms of equivalent quantity of wood and expressed as Kg wood / m2 (1 Kg wood = 18MJ)"

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kilogram wood equivalent


Explanation:
"Fire load is conveniently expressed in terms of the floor space as MJ/m2 or Mcal/m2. More often it would be expressed in terms of equivalent quantity of wood and expressed as Kg wood / m2 (1 Kg wood = 18MJ)"




    Reference: http://www.citehr.com/272414-fire.html
philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
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