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RESISTANCE GEL [2 records]

Record 1 2015-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Plastic Materials
DEF

A measure of the ability of a colloid (as drilling mud) to develop and retain a gel form.

Key term(s)
  • gel shear strength

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Matières plastiques
DEF

Faculté ou mesure de la faculté des colloïdes à former des gels.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
  • Materiales plásticos
DEF

Medida en unidades arbitrarias del módulo de rigidez de un gel que ha sido preparado o mantenido bajo condiciones normales.

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Record 2 1993-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nurseries (Farming)
  • Cultural Practices (Agriculture)
CONT

The role of potassium in frost hardiness is supposedly to increase cell permeability to water and soluble carbohydrate content and to increase synthesis of amino acids. However, fertilizer experiments have not been conclusive in the general importance of potassium and other minerals in frost hardiness.

Key term(s)
  • frost resistance
  • freeze resistance
  • freeze hardiness

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pépinières
  • Soin des cultures (Agriculture)
CONT

La résistance du blé au gel dépend également de facteurs secondaires : force des vents qui accroissent la transpiration de la plante; qualité, degré d'humidité et compacité du sol, etc.

OBS

Résistance : Capacité d'un organisme ou d'une plante de surmonter complètement l'action d'un pathogène ou d'un autre facteur.

Spanish

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