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WET TREATMENT [2 records]

Record 1 2015-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Restoration of Works of Art (Museums and Heritage)
OBS

Conservation procedures involving immersion or local wetting must be preceded by surface cleaning, as wetting will drive dust particles into the fibre structure of paper where they will become permanently trapped.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Restauration d'œuvres d'art (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
OBS

Un objet dont les mesures de restauration comprennent son immersion ou un traitement humide localisé doit d’abord être nettoyé à sec puisque le lavage fait pénétrer les particules de poussière entre les fibres du papier où elles se fixent de façon permanente.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
DEF

A metallurgical process in which the valuable contents of an ore are dissolved by acid or other solvents ...

CONT

Today in Nevada, the wet processing of precious metal ores uses a sodium cyanide solution that is placed on the heaps and allowed to percolate through the ore.

OBS

Opposite of "dry process."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
DEF

[...] méthode d'extraction des métaux faisant appel à une dissolution.

CONT

L'élaboration du métal [...] utilise en général des procédés par voie sèche. Cependant, l'emploi de minerais de plus en plus pauvres peut nécessiter des procédés par voie humide.

Spanish

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