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AIR-COOLED SLAG [3 records]

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Record 1 2016-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blast Furnaces (Steelmaking)
  • Concrete Preparation and Mixing
DEF

A material resulting from solidification of molten blast-furnace slag under atmospheric conditions.

OBS

Subsequent cooling may be accelerated by application of water to the solidified surface.

OBS

air-cooled slag : term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee(New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hauts fourneaux (Sidérurgie)
  • Fabrication du béton
OBS

laitier de haut fourneau refroidi à l'air : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Altos hornos (Siderurgia)
  • Fabricación del hormigón
DEF

Material resultante de la solidificación de la escoria de alto horno, fundida bajo condiciones atmosféricas.

OBS

El enfriamiento subsecuente puede ser acelerado por la aplicación de agua a la superficie solidificada.

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Record 2 2010-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction Materials
  • Concrete Preparation and Mixing
CONT

The chief manufactured aggregates are expanded shale and clay, foamed and air-cooled slag, furnace clinker and coke breeze, asbestos, bricks, and more recently sintered fly ash.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de constr. (Voies de circulation)
  • Fabrication du béton
DEF

Granulats légers destinés à augmenter la rugosité de l'asphalte coulé.

DEF

Matériau grenu de provenance [...] artificielle [...] destiné notamment à la confection des bétons.

CONT

[...] il a été entrepris [...] des recherches visant à l'élaboration d'une formule d'asphalte avec granulats de synthèse (RGRA, no 568, octobre 1980, p. 83-84).

Spanish

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Record 3 1982-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Placement of Concrete
  • Concrete Construction
OBS

means natural sand, manufactured sand, gravel, crushed gravel, crushed stone, air-cooled iron blast-furnace slag or any other suitable aggregate from which normal density concrete can be produced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mise en place du béton
  • Bétonnage
OBS

sable naturel ou manufacturé, gravier, pierre ou gravier concassés, laitier de haut fourneau ou tout autre granulat convenable avec lequel on peut faire du béton de densité normale.

Spanish

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