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Record 1 2011-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Asbestos Mining
DEF

[A] fiber oriented more or less parallel to the vein wall [in an asbestiform vein].

CONT

Asbestos veins are normally characterized as being either "cross fibre," in which the chrysotile fibres are oriented at a high angle to the plane of the vein, or "slip fibre," in which the fibres generally parallel the vein.

OBS

As opposed to "cross fiber."

PHR

Slip-fiber vein.

PHR

Slip fibre vein.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines d'amiante
CONT

Les veines d'amiante sont habituellement composées de fibres transversales, ou croisées, c'est-à-dire de fibres de chrysotile orientées selon un angle élevé par rapport aux épontes de la veine, ou de fibres longitudinales, généralement parallèles aux parois de la veine qui dans ce cas présente l'aspect d'une surface de glissement.

Spanish

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