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BLACK ASH [16 records]

Record 1 2023-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

Cottony ash psyllid(CAP) is a non-native pest that is impacting black and mancana ash trees throughout the city. These trees are particularly susceptible to this pest and the combination of dry conditions and an insect infestation can lead to tree loss.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

Faits sur le psylle floconneux du frêne. Les femelles pondent leurs œufs dans les arbres. Les œufs éclosent au printemps et les nymphes (insectes immatures) commencent à manger les feuilles pendant qu'elles poussent.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
  • Air Pollution
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

The intense fires created around Hiroshima by the bomb carried large quantities of ash into the atmosphere. The ash had the effect of "seeding" the clouds and the result was a "black rain" which fell 1-2 hours after the explosion. This rain, which almost had the consistency of tar, was a combination of the ash, radioactive fallout, and water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Déchets nucléaires
CONT

Après le largage de la bombe atomique sur Hiroshima, [...] une fumée comprenant des substances radioactives s'est élevée et mélangée aux gouttes d'eau dans l'air avant de retomber en une pluie noire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
  • Contaminación del aire
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 3 2016-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

The Great Ash Sphinx(Sphinx chersis), wingspan 4-5", has several fine, black, lengthwise lines on each ash-gray fore wing. Its caterpillars feed on wild cherry, ash, lilac, and privet, ranging throughout most of the United States and southern Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

[Le nom «Sphinx» provient du fait que] les chenilles des Sphinx sont munies d'une corne à l'extrémité abdominale. Effrayées, elles prennent une position qui ressemble fort à celle du Sphinx d'Égypte.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

An extrusive igneous rock, coloured ash gray to nearly black, that contains leucite and augite as large, single crystals(phenocrysts) in a fine-grained matrix(groundmass) of leucite, augite, sanidine, apatite, titanite, magnetite, and melilite...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Roche magmatique effusive, finement grenue, formée de cristaux automorphes de leucite et de pyroxènes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
OBS

Variedad de lava de la familia de las ijolitas, que contiene leucita y augita, y en ciertos casos, olivino.

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Record 5 2013-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
CONT

Natural regeneration assessments are completed on all harvest openings three to five growing seasons following a harvest. Acceptable tree species for natural regeneration include red and black spruce, white pine, balsam fir, hemlock, sugar maple, yellow birch, red oak, and ash.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Essence naturellement établie, mais pour laquelle aucun traitement sylvicole n'est prodigué pour en modifier la proportion dans un peuplement ou sur une station donnée.

OBS

Les arbres d'une essence acceptable peuvent être éliminés lorsqu'ils nuisent au développement optimal de ceux d'une essence à promouvoir.

Spanish

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Record 6 2013-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
CONT

Mohawks in Kahnawake and Kanesatake are recognized for their excellent wood carved artifacts and handicrafted beaded and leather clothing. Akwesasne's Mohawks are widely known for producing their handicrafted black ash splint and sweet grass basketry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
CONT

Les Mohawks de Kahnawake et de Kanesatake sont reconnus pour l'excellence de leurs artefacts de bois sculpté ainsi que pour leurs vêtements de cuir garnis de perles. Ceux d'Akwesasne sont quant à eux renommés pour la production de paniers en éclisses de frêne noir et en foin d'odeur.

Spanish

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Record 7 2012-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
CONT

Mohawks in Kahnawake and Kanesatake are recognized for their excellent wood carved artifacts and handicrafted beaded and leather clothing. Akwesasne's Mohawks are widely known for producing their handicrafted black ash splint and sweet grass basketry.

Key term(s)
  • sweetgrass basketry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
CONT

Les Mohawks de Kahnawake et de Kanesatake sont reconnus pour l'excellence de leurs artefacts de bois sculpté ainsi que pour leurs vêtements de cuir garnis de perles. Ceux d'Akwesasne sont quant à eux renommés pour la production de paniers en éclisses de frêne noir et en foin d'odeur.

Spanish

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Record 8 2012-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Lungs
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Mining Dangers and Mine Safety
DEF

An occupational disease of coal workers resulting from deposition of coal dust in the lungs.

OBS

Black lung disease is the common name for coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) or anthracosis, a lung disease of older workers in the coal industry, caused by inhalation, over many years, of small amounts of coal dust.

OBS

anthracosis : A histological term describing the accumulation of black pigment in lung tissue or in other organs. In the lung the accumulation often appears as macular lesions, usually in a centrilobular location, along the walls of bronchioles, but also along interlobular septa or in the subpleural space. This pigment is mainly composed of carbonaceous material and may originate from cigarette smoke(or other smoked drugs, such as crack cocaine), atmospheric pollution, residential exposure to wood(or biomass) smoke or occupational exposure to carbon-containing dusts, such as diesel exhaust, soot, fly ash, carbon black, graphite and coal. Thus a more or less marked degree of anthracosis may be found in nonsmoking urban residents from heavily polluted areas or in inhabitants(often females) of poor countries with a cold climate(so-called ’hut lung’). Anthracosis is only rarely associated with overt pulmonary disease, except after prolonged, heavy, usually occupational exposure, when the condition is preferably labelled as a pneumoconiosis, e. g. graphite pneumoconiosis(graphitosis) or coal workers pneumoconiosis. The latter pneumoconiosis is often called anthracosilicosis(particularly in continental Europe), because this pneumoconiosis has been considered to be caused predominantly by the silica content of coal dust. While this may be true in many instances, the use of anthracosilicosis to indicate coal worker's pneumoconiosis is probably not entirely appropriate, because the pathology of coal workers pneumoconiosis is different from that of silicosis.

OBS

black phthisis; colliers’ phtisis: obsolete.

OBS

bituminosis; melanedema; miners’ asthma: obsolete and incorrect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poumons
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
  • Exploitation minière (dangers et sécurité)
DEF

Pneumoconiose due à une infiltration massive de poussières de charbon chez des individus exposés professionnellement à une atmosphère très polluée.

OBS

L'existence d'anthracose pure est controversée. Il semble qu'il s'agisse plus souvent d'une anthracosilicose, la silice entrant en plus ou moins grande quantité dans la composition de la poussière de charbon.

OBS

Comparer avec «anthracose» et avec «anthracosilicose».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pulmones
  • Salud y seguridad en el trabajo
  • Explotación minera (peligros y seguridad)
OBS

neumoconiosis: es un proceso respiratorio crónico, de marcha tórpida, que consiste en una fibrosis pulmonar linfoectásica consecutiva a la inhalación de diversas clases de polvos, aspirados durante años en el ejercicio de distintas profesiones (molineros, mineros, picapedreros, etc.)

OBS

La primera [neumoconiosis producida por polvos inorgánicos] conocida fue la antracosis, tan frecuente entre los mineros de carbón. Hoy se sabe que no es producida por el polvo de carbón, sino por el cuarzo mezclado con él, o sea que en realidad es una silicosis

OBS

artículo 153. 12. antracosis. Mineros (de las minas de carbón), carboneros, herreros, soldadores, forjadores, fundidores, fogoneros, deshollinadores y demás trabajadores expuestos a inhalación de polvos de carbón de hulla, grafito y antracita.

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Record 9 2007-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Wood
  • Barrel and Cask Making
CONT

Coopers or barrel makers used the hoop wood to make barrels and buckets. In May the black ash and hickory are alive with new sap, consequently, six-foot poles were cut from the saplings. The poles, after a good soaking, were pounded and rived, or cut into strips for making barrel hoops.

Key term(s)
  • hoop-wood

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de bois
  • Tonnellerie
DEF

Bois employé pour faire des cercles de tonneau.

Spanish

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Record 10 2006-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Classification of Coal
  • Geochemistry
DEF

A dark-gray or black shale, commonly associated with coal seams, with an ash content greater than 50%.

CONT

black shale: A dark,thinly laminated carbonaceous shale ...

CONT

In some deposits carbonaceous shale and algal carbonates ... contain higher metal concentrations than adjacent arenaceous and evaporitic units.

CONT

Clinton ironstones are associated with carbonaceous shale, sandy shales, dolomite and limestone.

PHR

Black carbon-rich shale.

PHR

Black carbonaceous shale.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Classification des charbons
  • Géochimie
DEF

Schistes renfermant des gisements de houille.

CONT

Les schistes ampéliteux ou ampélites sont des schistes noirs, alunifères et charbonneux [...]

OBS

Le shale charbonneux peut contenir jusqu'à 54 % de carbone organique total et l'indice d'hydrogène se situe entre 170 et 367 mg d'hydrocarbures par gramme de carbone organique total. [...] Plusieurs échantillons de shale charbonneux contenaient des spores et d'autres microfossiles bien préservés.

PHR

Shale noir carboné, carboné noir.

Key term(s)
  • shale houiller

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Clasificación del carbón
  • Geoquímica
DEF

[Esquisto] que contiene yacimientos de hulla.

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Record 11 2005-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Hearths (Heating)
  • Camping and Caravanning
CONT

Moroccan Fire Basket. This beautifully designed and crafted fire basket can be used either as a burner for garden waste or to attractively hold and control outdoor log or coal fires. In black finished steel with ash catching tray stand. Includes cast cooking grill.

CONT

Round metal fire basket with a barbeque rack and strong base for catching ash.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de foyers (Chauffage)
  • Camping et caravaning
OBS

On écrirait mieux «braséro».

OBS

braséro : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 12 2005-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
  • Heritage
CONT

Mohawks in Kahnawake and Kanesatake are recognized for their excellent wood carved artifacts and handicrafted beaded and leather clothing. Akwesasne's Mohawks are widely known for producing their handicrafted black ash splint and sweet grass basketry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
  • Patrimoine
CONT

Les Mohawks de Kahnawake et de Kanesatake sont reconnus pour l'excellence de leurs artefacts de bois sculpté ainsi que pour leurs vêtements de cuir garnis de perles. Ceux d'Akwesasne sont quant à eux renommés pour la production de paniers en éclisses de frêne noir et en foin d'odeur.

OBS

On écrirait mieux «artéfact».

OBS

artéfact : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 13 2003-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Effects of Pollution
  • The Lungs
DEF

A usually asymptomatic form of pneumoconiosis caused by deposition of coal dust in the lungs [which] is present in most urban dwellers.

OBS

anthracosis : A histological term describing the accumulation of black pigment in lung tissue or in other organs. In the lung the accumulation often appears as macular lesions, usually in a centrilobular location, along the walls of bronchioles, but also along interlobular septa or in the subpleural space. This pigment is mainly composed of carbonaceous material and may originate from cigarette smoke(or other smoked drugs, such as crack cocaine), atmospheric pollution, residential exposure to wood(or biomass) smoke or occupational exposure to carbon-containing dusts, such as diesel exhaust, soot, fly ash, carbon black, graphite and coal. Thus a more or less marked degree of anthracosis may be found in nonsmoking urban residents from heavily polluted areas or in inhabitants(often females) of poor countries with a cold climate(so-called ’hut lung’). Anthracosis is only rarely associated with overt pulmonary disease, except after prolonged, heavy, usually occupational exposure, when the condition is preferably labelled as a pneumoconiosis, e. g. graphite pneumoconiosis(graphitosis) or coal workers pneumoconiosis. The latter pneumoconiosis is often called anthracosilicosis(particularly in continental Europe), because this pneumoconiosis has been considered to be caused predominantly by the silica content of coal dust. While this may be true in many instances, the use of anthracosilicosis to indicate coal worker's pneumoconiosis is probably not entirely appropriate, because the pathology of coal workers pneumoconiosis is different from that of silicosis.

OBS

Compare with "pneumoconiosis of coal workers" and "anthracosilicosis."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Effets de la pollution
  • Poumons
DEF

Noircissement du poumon dû à l'inhalation de poussières de charbon.

OBS

Le terme «anthracose» est parfois employé pour désigner la «pneumoconiose des houilleurs». Voir aussi cette fiche, de même que «anthracosilicose».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Efectos de la polución
  • Pulmones
DEF

Variedad de neumoconiosis producida por la inhalación de polvo de carbón.

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Record 14 2001-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
CONT

andic = horizons containing significant amounts of allophane, imogolite, ferrihydrite or aluminum-humus complexes. That is, soils derived from volcanic ash. Pragmatically, these horizons have low bulk densities (e.g. 0.9 g/cm3), contain volcanic glass, and are thixotropic (particles readily re-arrange when wet and physically disturbed.)

CONT

Ando soils originating from volcanic ash are... characterized by thick black A horizons, high values of organic carbon contents and high degrees of humification of soil humic acids.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
DEF

Se dit d'un sol [...] ayant les propriétés des andosols.

Spanish

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Record 15 2000-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
CONT

Black spruce, balsam fir, yellow birch, and black ash vegetate wetter sites, and elsewhere white birch, red maple, trembling aspen, and black spruce stands form secondary communities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
CONT

Dans les sites plus humides, on retrouve l'Épinette noire, le sapin, le Bouleau jaune et le Frêne noir, alors qu'ailleurs les bétulaies blanches, les érablières rouges, les tremblaies et les pessières noires forment les groupements secondaires.

Spanish

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Record 16 1993-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp and Paper
OBS

wet bottom: A type of ash removal system in a power boiler using low ash fusion temperature coal. The ash is removed in a molten state, quenched in a slag tank, and pumped out as slurry.

CONT

A simplified sketch of a typical black liquor flow sequence on a recovery unit with direct-contact evaporator and wet-bottom precipitator is shown in Figure 10-25. The strong black liquor from storage first goes to the bottom of the precipitator where it "picks up" the chemical particulates... dropped from the electrodes.(If the precipitator is a "dry bottom" type, a series of screw conveyors or scraper-chain conveyors moves the material into the chemical ash tank.) Next, the liquor is pumped to the direct-contact evaporator where the solids concentration increases from both evaporation and further pickup of dust from the contacted gases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtes et papier
OBS

Au sortir de l'économiseur, la chaleur sensible peut être utilisée pour évaporer la liqueur (dans les chaudières équipées d'EDC) ou, plus rarement, pour réchauffer l'air entrant. Autrement, les gaz vont directement vers la cuve de précipitation, où les particules de poussière sont ionisées, récupérées sur des électrodes et évacuées soit dans une cuve à liqueur noire forte (dans un appareil à base humide) ou au moyen d'un transporteur vers un réservoir de mélange (dans le cas d'une cuve de précipitation sèche).

Spanish

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