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OXIDIZING FLAME [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion and Fuels (Fireplaces)
DEF

A lean flame or fire resulting from combustion of a mixture containing too much air (or too little fuel). This kind of flame produces an oxidizing atmosphere, which tends to oxidize materials placed in it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Combustion et combustibles (Foyers)
DEF

Flamme avec un excès de comburant. Sa richesse est donc inférieure à 1.

OBS

richesse [...] La richesse d'un mélange réactif (sous-entendu richesse en combustible) est un rapport adimensionnel de la quantité relative de combustible à cette même quantité relative dans le mélange stœchiométrique. Le mélange stœchiométrique correspond donc à la richesse 1.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gas Welding
DEF

An oxyfuel gas flame having an oxidizing effect (excess oxygen). [Definition standardized by the AWS.]

OBS

oxidizing flame: term standardized by the American Welding Society (AWS).

OBS

oxidizing flame: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soudage au gaz
DEF

Flamme dans laquelle les produits de la combustion primaire sont oxydants.

OBS

La combustion primaire se fait à la sortie du chalumeau (le dard), au-delà, dans le panache, se produit la combustion secondaire.

OBS

flamme oxydante : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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