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MINERAL TAR [2 records]

Record 1 2003-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
  • Petroleum Asphalts
DEF

... the softer, more viscid varieties of native asphalt.

OBS

brea: In Trinidad, ... name for maltha.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
  • Bitumes
DEF

Bitume glutineux, qui ne diffère du pétrole que par sa consistance.

CONT

[...] les malthes, sortes de goudron visqueux, sont des produits intermédiaires de la transformation des huiles brutes en asphaltes.

OBS

brea : Nom local à la Trinité pour désigner le malthe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Combustibles fósiles sólidos
  • Asfaltos de petróleo
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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Asphalts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bitumes

Spanish

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