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MISE SUSPENSION [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-03-03

English

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

Vigorous stirring of pulp in a tank by low-pressure air or mechanical means to prevent settlement.

OBS

Also used in the leaching of gold and other minerals from finely ground aqueous suspension in which oxygen is essential to chemical reaction, for example, the cyanide process.

French

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

Agitation d'un ensemble de liquides ou de solides fragmentés, ou d'une pulpe, ayant pour objet, soit de favoriser les contacts entre les constituants, soit de doter l'ensemble d'homogénéité de distribution.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Preparación de los productos mineros
  • Explotación de minerales (Metalurgia)
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Record 2 2000-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environment
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Process whereby sediment and contaminants adsorbed onto sediment are resuspended into the water column.

CONT

Far more resuspension, however, is generated by the large quantities of water hydraulic dredges inevitably discharge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Environnement
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

[...] processus par lesquels les sédiments ainsi que les polluants qui sont adsorbés sur ceux-ci sont remis en suspension dans la colonne d'eau.

CONT

Cependant, la remise en suspension liée aux rejets des grandes quantités d'eau qui accompagnent inévitablement l'utilisation des dragues hydrauliques est beaucoup plus importante.

Spanish

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