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Mass per Unit Area [2 records]

Record 1 1997-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) Standards
OBS

Standard number: CAN/CGSB-148.1, 2-M85

French

Domaine(s)
  • Normes de l'Office des normes générales du Canada (ONGC)
OBS

Numéro de norme : CAN/CGSB-148.1, 2-M85

Spanish

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Record 2 1990-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

The proper term to represent and compare to amount of material per unit area (units are oz/yd2 or g/m2.

CONT

A geotextile or a geotextile related product should be identified by listing: (I) the kind of polymers; (II) the type of fiber or yarn ... ; (III) the type of geotextile or geotextile related product; (IV) the mass per unit area; ....

OBS

Several inappropriate terms such as "weight", "basis weight", "weight per square yard", are sometimes used instead of mass per unit area.

OBS

Basis weight: The deprecated term for mass per unit area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
CONT

Masse surfacique. Cette caractéristique est le critère d'identification des géotextiles, mesurable dans tous les laboratoires. En fixant le nombre et la surface des éprouvettes soumises à l'essai, il est possible de déterminer l'homogénéité des produits (...) Pour un géotextile déterminé, la variation des caractéristiques mécaniques et/ou hydrauliques est souvent en corrélation directe avec la variation de la masse surfacique.

Spanish

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