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WETTING AGENT [2 records]

Record 1 2021-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
DEF

[A] compound that causes a liquid to spread more easily across or penetrate into the surface of a solid by reducing the surface tension of the liquid.

OBS

wetting agent: designation standardized by ISO and officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
OBS

agent mouillant : désignation normalisée par l'AFNOR.

OBS

agent mouillant; mouillant : désignations normalisées par l'ISO et uniformisées par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
DEF

Coadyuvante que disminuye la tensión superficial de un líquido y, por tanto, mejora su extensión.

DEF

Sustancia que, agregada a un líquido, confiere al mismo la propiedad de mojar un sólido con mayor facilidad que en el estado puro [...]

CONT

Los humectantes tienen por efecto disminuir la tensión superficial de las disoluciones.

OBS

[El humectante sirve] en la fotografía para conseguir que los baños mojen rápida y uniformemente los clisés y las pruebas positivas y evitar que aparezcan manchas en las imágenes.

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Record 2 1988-02-09

English

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

French

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

Spanish

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