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BUFFER LAYER [3 records]

Record 1 2021-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Telecommunications
CONT

buffer layer: to protect from any damage, the core cladding of optical fibre is enclosed in a plastic jacket. The external layer is known as buffer coating.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications optiques

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Semiconductors (Electronics)
  • Physics of Solids
DEF

A layer sandwiched between two single-crystal materials to accommodate difference in their crystallographic structures (lattice constants).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Semi-conducteurs (Électronique)
  • Physique des solides
DEF

Couche intermédiaire séparant deux matériaux monocristallins pour protéger leur structure cristalline (constantes de réseau).

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Environnement
CONT

On note que l'acidification n'affecte pas le processus de la photosynthèse. (...) Pour les macrophytes, la diversité peut être amoindrie (invasion des sphagnum et des mousses blanches (algues benthiques] ou enrichie suite aux modifications des couches tampon des sédiments (invasion Juncus, Sparganium, Nuphaea ...).

Spanish

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