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SCRATCH TEST [4 records]

Record 1 1996-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Destructive and Non-destructive Tests (Mat.)
  • Metallography
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
CONT

Scratch hardness tests are relatively quick. A simple, though crude, method of measuring relative hardness is to determine whether or not one material will scratch another. For minerals this is a commonly used method of determining hardness.

Key term(s)
  • scratch test
  • scratch resistance test

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle destructif et non destructif (Matér.)
  • Métallographie
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
CONT

Essais de dureté par rayage (...) Historiquement, c'est la plus ancienne méthode de mesure de la dureté: un corps est plus dur qu'un autre s'il peut le rayer.

Key term(s)
  • essai de rayage

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

A test for hypersensitivity in which a minute amount of the substance in question is inserted in small scratches made in the skin. Used in allergy testing and in testing for tuberculosis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
OBS

scarification : incision superficielle de la peau ou des muqueuses ayant pour but de produire un écoulement de sang ou de sérosité ou l'inoculation d'un vaccin (BCG, vaccin antivariolique).

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
OBS

Normes de l'ISO, catalogue 1971; cité dans Traduire, nos 71-72, p.33.

Spanish

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Record 4 1980-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

mobilier.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

(...) sous charge de 1200 grammes (CODM); confirmé par C.I.L.; T-100-3, Norme 412-10; avril 1972.

Spanish

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