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Record 1 1995-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Metal Joining)
  • Arc Welding
  • Heat (Physics)
  • Thermodynamics
DEF

"heat sink": Tooling applied adjacent to weld zone to absorb heat and to prevent heat flow into parent material.

DEF

"heat sink": any objects, such as a solid mass of heat-conducting material, placed at work to prevent local overheating during an operation such as soldering.

DEF

"sink": a body or substance used for the disposal of a fluid or heat in the course of a hydrodynamic or a thermodynamic process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement pour l'assemblage des métaux
  • Soudage à l'arc
  • Chaleur (Physique)
  • Thermodynamique

Spanish

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