Ces huiles deviennent facilement rances (spontanément s'oxydant) quand elles sont chaudes et exposées à l'oxygène.
These oils easily get rancid (spontaneously oxidizing) when they are warm and exposed to oxygen.
Les eaux du lac normalement bleues virèrent à un rouge sombre après l'exhalaison, à cause de l'eau profonde riche en fer montant à la surface et s'oxydant à l'air.
The normally blue waters of the lake turned a deep red after the outgassing, due to iron-rich water from the deep rising to the surface and being oxidised by the air.
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