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TERNARY SYSTEM [5 records]

Record 1 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • Remote Sensing
CONT

Like optical LANDSAT and/or multi-beam radar data, gamma-ray channels(bands) can be displayed as ternary colour composite images... allowing for the interpretation of three channels of elemental or ratio data using an additive mix of the primary colours(red-green-blue) of the computer display system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Télédétection

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Nonferrous Metals and Alloys - Various
  • Concrete Preparation and Mixing
CONT

The complexity of ternary mixture phenomena provides ample scope for theoretical studies. ... Earlier theoretical studies on the phase behaviour of ternary mixtures indicate that higher order critical transitions are likely to be a feature of ternary mixture behaviour. ... These traditional calculations of phase equilibria have also been supplemented recently by molecular simulation studies of both vapour-liquid and liquid-liquid equilibria of ternary mixtures.

CONT

The use of small quantities (for example, 5%) of silica fume in combination with [high-calcium fly ashes] in ternary systems significantly improved their effectiveness in reducing ASR [alkali-silica reaction] expansion [in concrete].

OBS

In concrete construction, ternary mixtures are simply those that contain two SCMs in addition to portland cement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Métaux et alliages non ferreux divers
  • Fabrication du béton
CONT

[Étant donné] la diversité et la complexité des systèmes binaires, on peut soupçonner la plus grande diversité et complexité des systèmes ternaires : chaque cas de mélange ternaire est un cas particulier [qu'on étudiera à l'aide des] présentations isothermes triangulaires symétriques - triangle équilatéral (méthode de ROZEBOOM) ou [alors] dissymétriques - triangle rectangle (cas des solutions) [où] les courbes de liquidus, de solidus [deviendront] des surfaces.

CONT

L'ajout [aux cendres volantes à forte teneur en calcium] de petites quantités (par exemple, 5 %) de fumées de silice, dans des systèmes ternaires, améliore de beaucoup la capacité des cendres de diminuer l'expansion [du béton] causée par la RSA [réaction silico-alcaline].

OBS

La métallurgie de l'aluminium, l'extraction de l'argent des minerais de plomb et [la formulation des] ciments, [notamment] font largement appel à la compréhension des diagrammes ternaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Metales y aleaciones no ferrosos - Varios
  • Fabricación del hormigón
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Record 3 2005-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
  • Oil Production
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Geochemistry
DEF

A triangular diagram that graphically depicts the composition of a three-component mixture or ternary system.

CONT

... surfactant slugs are composed of three major ingredients ... The literature contains numerous ternary diagram representations for these components. These phase diagrams reveal the various phases that may form in the reservoir as residual oil is mobilized and displaced.

CONT

Ternary diagram portraying the relative abundance of gold (ppm), silver (ppm), and base metals (total per cent combined) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
  • Production pétrolière
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Géochimie
DEF

Triangle sur lequel on peut figurer par un point toute combinaison de trois quantités.

CONT

Diagramme ternaire illustrant l'abondance relative de l'or (ppm), de l'argent (ppm) et des métaux communs (pourcentage total des métaux combinés) [...]

OBS

Pour représenter [...] les cas de miscibilité thermodynamique, on a coutume d'assimiler les mélanges complexes d'hydrocarbures à un mélange de trois composants [...] on trace un triangle équilatéral dont chaque sommet représente un des trois «constituants» [...] Chaque côté correspond à un pourcentage nul du produit associé au sommet opposé et sera gradué en pourcentage du produit correspondant à une de ses extrémités [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geophysics
  • Geochemistry
DEF

Curved surface in a quaternary system which defines the temperature range over which two or more solid phases crystallize simultaneously from a liquid. Analogous to a cotectic line in a ternary system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géophysique
  • Géochimie
CONT

Il existe [...] deux surfaces cotectiques qui se coupent en une ligne cotectique d-e et celle-ci donne la composition des liquides qui coexistent avec les autres constituants [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 1977-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

The curved line in a binary system or the surface in a ternary system that separates a field of homogeneous solid solution from a field of two or more phases which may form from the homogeneous one by exsolution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

On appelle "solvus" la courbe qui sépare, en phase solide, le domaine où les minéraux forment une solution solide du domaine où ils sont distincts, étant alors immiscibles.

Spanish

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