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CONTACT TIME [2 records]

Record 1 2001-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Aircraft)
  • Emergency Management
DEF

The time period required for a responsible agency to notify an alerting post of a SAR incident.

OBS

SAR: Search and Rescue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherches et sauvetages (Aviation)
  • Gestion des urgences
DEF

Le temps nécessaire à un organisme responsable pour informer un poste d'alerte d'un incident SAR.

OBS

SAR : Recherche et sauvetage.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
DEF

The length of time a substance is held in direct contact with a treating agent.

CONT

For proper selectivity [by flotation], a definite contact time is sometimes required between reagent and ore, and this is usually secured by mixing the reagent and ore pulp in a "conditioner" ....

OBS

Compare "residence time".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
  • Traitement des eaux
CONT

Les tanks prémélangeurs et le nombre des cellules de flottation doivent être calculés de façon à obtenir le temps de contact optimum, et ce temps doit être maintenu constant pour un minerai déterminé. Dans une flottation différentielle, le cyanure et le sulfate de cuivre demandent un temps assez long, une demi-heure au moins de contact, pour réagir.

Spanish

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