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THERMOSET [4 records]

Record 1 2014-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

A plastic that has thermosetting properties.

CONT

As the name implies, thermosetting plastics or thermosets are cured, set, or hardened into a permanent shape. This curing is an irreversible chemical reaction known as cross linking, which usually occurs under heat.

OBS

thermosetting plastic: term and definition standardized by ISO [International Organization for Standardization].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Plastique présentant le caractère thermodurcissable.

OBS

plastique thermodurcissable : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO [Organisation internationale de normalisation].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
DEF

Plástico que tiene propiedades de termoendurecibles.

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Record 2 2014-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Materials
  • Plastics Industry
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
  • Packaging in Plastic
DEF

Having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured.

CONT

Since the conversion of a linear polymer to a network polymer is often caused by heating with a cross-linking agent such as sulphur, the process is called thermosetting.

CONT

... thermoset moulding compounds.

OBS

Thermosetting resin: ... a resin that will permanently cure a fabric through heat application.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matières plastiques
  • Industrie des plastiques
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
  • Emballages en matières plastiques
DEF

Qui possède la propriété de durcir au-dessus d'une température donnée et de ne pouvoir reprendre sa forme primitive de manière réversible.

CONT

Matières thermodurcissables.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Materiales plásticos
  • Industria de plásticos
  • Preparación y elaboración (Textiles)
  • Embalajes de plástico
DEF

[Dícese de la] capacidad de transformación en un producto esencialmente infundible e insoluble cuando se ha curado por calor o por otros medios como radiación, catálisis, etcétera.

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Record 3 2014-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

A plastic which, when cured by heat or other means, changes into a substantially infusible and insoluble product.

OBS

This term includes both thermosetting plastics and thermoset plastics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Plastique qui est transformé en un produit pratiquement infusible et insoluble lorsqu'il est traité par la chaleur ou par d'autres moyens.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
DEF

Plástico que, cuando se cura por calor u otros medios, se transforma en un producto prácticamente insoluble e infundible.

OBS

Este término incluye tanto plásticos termoestables como termoendurecibles.

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Record 4 2002-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
DEF

Harden by chemical action.

OBS

Example, materials such as plaster of Paris

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie prothétique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Prótesis dental
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