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cloud point [3 records]

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Record 1 2010-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
  • Grain Growing
CONT

Certain organic compounds will cloud within fairly definite limits on cooling. When carried out under prescribed, standardised conditions, the cloud point, or the temperature at which clouding occurs, serves as a useful yardstick in evaluating the purity of the compounds.

OBS

Term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Techniques industrielles
  • Culture des céréales
DEF

Point bien défini de température et de pression auquel certains composés organiques se troublent lors du refroidissement.

OBS

Termes en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria alimentaria
  • Procesos y técnicas industriales
  • Cultivo de cereales
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Record 2 2003-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Chemistry
  • Thermodynamics
DEF

Temperature at which a solid phase separates from solution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Chimie
  • Thermodynamique
DEF

Température à laquelle une phase solide se sépare d'une solution.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geoquímica
  • Química
  • Termodinámica
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Record 3 2003-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thermodynamics
  • Chemistry
  • Petrochemistry
DEF

The temperature at which paraffin wax begins to congeal and take on a cloudy appearance.

DEF

The temperature at which a clear liquid petroleum product becomes hazy or cloudy due to the appearance of wax crystals when the test is conducted under standardized conditions. [Definition standardized by ISO.]

OBS

cloud point: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Thermodynamique
  • Chimie
  • Chimie du pétrole
DEF

Température à laquelle les paraffines, cires ou autres matières commencent à se solidifier [lorsque l'huile de pétrole] est refroidie dans des conditions normalisées.

DEF

Température à laquelle un produit pétrolier liquide limpide devient louche ou trouble par l'apparition de cristaux de paraffine, lorsque l'essai est effectué dans des conditions normalisées. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

point de trouble : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Termodinámica
  • Química
  • Petroquímica
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