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Record 1 1999-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Chemical Engineering
CONT

[Coherent is] Said of a rock or deposit that is consolidated, or that is not easily shattered.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Génie chimique
CONT

«Roches cohérentes» [sont des roches] qui ne peuvent être détachées que par des moyens plus puissants : scie, fil hélicoïdal, marteaux, explosifs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
  • Ingenieria química
DEF

Calificativo que se aplica a una roca o mineral que opone dificultad a la separación o rotura de sus enlaces químicos.

OBS

La resistencia que un mineral opone a ser roto, molido, doblado o desgarrado, en resumen, su cohesión, se conoce con el nombre de tenacidad.

OBS

La cohesión es la tendencia de los constitutivos de una estructura cristalina a mantener invariablemente sus posiciones relativas. De la cohesión dependen importantes propiedades físicas y químicas de los minerales: dureza, exfoliación, corrosión, maleabilidad, etc.

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