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CEMENTING PROCESS [6 records]

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Record 1 2014-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Binders and Mastics (Constr.)
  • Masonry Materials
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

Cementitious materials include the variety of ceramic products that may be mixed with water or another liquid to form a paste. The paste, which is temporarily plastic, can be molded and may or may not have aggregate added to it. Later, it hardens or sets to a rigid mass. The simple cementing materials, such as limes and plasters, are produced by driving off a liquid or gas from some natural mineral.... The more complex hydraulic cements derive their cementing properties from formation of new chemical compounds during the manufacturing process.

CONT

The NRC has reviewed a number of alternative [radioactive waste] disposal methods and concluded that it will focus its efforts on concepts that utilize cementitious materials with earthen covers and that only minimal effort will be spent on aboveground vaults or mined caverns.

OBS

A few bilingual dictionaries (cf. INDUS 1986 and LEBAT 1971) give "hydraulic binder" as the English equivalent of the French term "liant hydraulique," but this is contrary to current English usage.

OBS

"cementitious": of the nature of cement.

Key term(s)
  • hydraulic binder

French

Domaine(s)
  • Liants et mastics (Construction)
  • Matériaux de maçonnerie
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
DEF

[...] poudre minérale qui forme avec l'eau une pâte faisant prise et durcissant progressivement, même à l'abri de l'air notamment sous l'eau.

CONT

[...] les liants hydrauliques [...] font prise de façon irréversible lorsqu'ils sont mis au contact de l'eau et peuvent durcir sous l'eau [...]; ce sont les ciments et les chaux hydrauliques.

CONT

Les liants agissant par réaction chimique sont essentiellement les liants hydrauliques qui font prise en présence d'eau (chaux hydraulique, ciment, plâtre) et sont destinés à la confection des mortiers et des bétons.

OBS

Quelques dictionnaires bilingues (cf. LEBAT 1971) traduisent le terme anglais «cementitious material» par «matériau cimentaire», mais ce terme n'est pas attesté en français commun et constitue un calque de l'anglais. D'ailleurs, le ROBER 1985 donne le mot «cimentaire» pour rare et l'on s'attendrait plutôt à l'adjectif «cimentier», attesté au LAROG 1982 et qu'on trouve notamment dans le terme «industrie cimentière» (UNIVE 1984, volume 4, page 1052).

OBS

«cimentaire» : Qui appartient aux ciments.

OBS

«cimentaire» : Rare. Qui est propre au ciment. [Par exemple :] Mélange cimentaire.

OBS

«cimentier», «ère» (adjectif) : Relatif au ciment.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Argamasas y masillas (Construcción)
  • Materiales de albañilería
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
DEF

Material inorgánico o mezcla de materiales inorgánicos que fragua y desarrolla resistencia gracias a su reacción química con el agua, para formar hidratos.

OBS

El material es capaz de reaccionar del mismo modo inmerso en agua.

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Record 2 2003-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Biotechnology
DEF

The process in which plant cells become woody by conversion of certain constituents of the cell wall into lignin, generally considered to include the hardening, and cementing of the cell walls in the formation of wood.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

Imprégnation des parois d'un tissu ou d'une cellule par de la lignine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
  • Biotecnología
DEF

Proceso por el que las células vegetales se convierten en leñosas mediante la transformación de algunos constituyentes de la pared celular en lignina.

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Record 3 1996-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clay Working Methods (Ceramics)
  • Ovens and Baking (Ceramics)
OBS

Luting. The process of cementing together parts of a ceramic object with fluid clay slip; thus, a vase, the neck of which is too small to admit the potter's hand, is made in two parts which are then joined by luting. Joints are usually perceptible, but this is minimized by the process of fettling. In the making of figures the various components are luted to the torso and base.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques de la céramique
  • Fours et cuisson (Céramique industrielle)
DEF

Boucher avec du lut, ciment utilisé pour faire des joints hermétiques aux divers récipients soumis à l'action du feu. (Dossiers de l'archéologie 1974-6).

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clay Working Methods (Ceramics)
DEF

The process of cementing together parts of a ceramic object with fluid clay slip....

CONT

... a vase, the neck of which is too small to admit the potter’s hand, is made in two parts which are then joined by luting. Joints are usually perceptible, but this is minimized by the process of fettling. In the making of figures the various components are luted to the torso and base.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques de la céramique

Spanish

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Record 5 1988-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Wastes
OBS

backfill: Sand or dirt placed behind timber, steel, or concrete linings in shafts or tunnels.

OBS

cementation : The process by which loose sediments or sands are consolidated into hard rock by injection of chemical solutions, thin cement slurries, or self-hardening plastic. Also called cementing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Déchets miniers
DEF

Introduction de ciment dans les matériaux de remblayage pour assurer leur consolidation et améliorer leur comportement mécanique sous la pression des terrains.

Spanish

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Record 6 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
CONT

Although additions of carbonate to soil will not lead to stabilization, the in situ formation of calcium carbonate in compacted clay may play a role in the cementing process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
CONT

D'autres [matériaux] peuvent voir leur stabilité accrue et sont le siège d'une véritable cimentation qu'il n'est pas toujours facile de prédire de façon certaine.

Spanish

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