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HYDROPHOBIC AGGREGATE [2 records]

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Record 1 1986-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation

Spanish

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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction Materials
  • Concrete Construction
CONT

The term hydrophobic is generally applied to aggregates that have great attraction to asphalt. ... The basic aggregates [which are] more easily wetted by asphalt than water ... are called hydrophobic aggregates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de constr. (Voies de circulation)
  • Bétonnage
OBS

Par analogie avec «matériaux hydrophobes».

OBS

hydrophobe : Se dit d'un groupement moléculaire au niveau duquel il ne s'exerce pas de fortes attractions [pour] l'eau.

Spanish

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