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DUPLEX CARTRIDGE [2 records]

Record 1 2005-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

Cartridge containing a single projectile and a propellant charge made of two types of powder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Cartouche contenant un seul projectile et une charge composée de deux types de poudre.

OBS

cartouche duplex : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The manufacturing method is chemical vapour deposition (CVD), in which gases react at high temperature to form pure, dense layers on a mandrel. The duplex cartridge is formed by sequential deposition of two layers, the inner one of anisotropic, pyrolytic boron-nitride (APBN) and the outer one of tantalum.

OBS

Advanced cartridge technology for material science facility technology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace

Spanish

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