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descaling [3 records]

Record 1 2001-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metallurgy - General
DEF

A chemical or mechanical process for removing scale or investment material from castings.

OBS

de-scaling: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallurgie générale
DEF

Opération qui a pour but d'éliminer la calamine de la surface des aciers. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

OBS

Le décalaminage peut être exécuté par voie mécanique (grenaillage, sablage, etc.) ou par voie chimique (attaque par des acides, etc.).

OBS

décalaminage : terme normalisé par l'ISO et l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Distillation
  • Black Products (Petroleum)
CONT

Some chemical treatments [performed in the oil industry] are acidizing, crude-oil demulsification, corrosion inhibition, paraffin removal, scale removal, drilling-fluid control, refinery and plant processes, cleaning or purging operations ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distillation du pétrole
  • Produits noirs (Pétrole)

Spanish

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Record 3 1983-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
OBS

Removing scale, usually oxides, from the surface of a metal or the inner surface of a pipe, boiler, or other object.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)
OBS

Action d'enlever le tartre, c.-à-d. le dépôt solide qui reste dans les chaudières, les cuves, etc.

Spanish

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