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GEL STRENGTH [7 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A multispeed measuring device used to record the flow properties of plastic fluids(as the viscosity and gel strength of drilling fluids).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Appareil servant à mesurer la viscosité des boues de forage.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Chemistry
  • Oil Drilling
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
OBS

[A trade name for] an organic humic acid material used for treatment of drilling mud to reduce viscosity and gel strength.

OBS

Carbonox®: A tradenark of Halliburton Energy Services Inc.

Key term(s)
  • Carbonox

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Chimie
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Sondage et forage miniers
OBS

Appellation commerciale d'un acide humique destiné à l'émulsion des boues de forage.

OBS

c® : Marque de commerce de la société Halliburton Energy Services Inc.

Key term(s)
  • Halliburton

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Oil Drilling
OBS

Trademark for a polyphosphate compound for the treatment of drilling mud to reduce viscosity and gel strength.

OBS

Barafos™: A trademark of Baroid Industrial Drilling Products.

Key term(s)
  • Barafos

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
OBS

Dénomination d'un fluidifiant pour boues de forage.

OBS

BarafosMC : Marque de commerce de la société Baroid Industrial Drilling Products.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
CONT

Gel spinning is a special process used to obtain high strength or other special fiber properties. The polymer is not in a true liquid state during extrusion. Not completely separated, as they would be in a true solution, the polymer chains are bound together at various points in liquid crystal form. This produces strong inter-chain forces in the resulting filaments that can significantly increase the tensile strength of the fibers. In addition, the liquid crystals are aligned along the fiber axis by the shear forces during extrusion. The filaments emerge with an unusually high degree of orientation relative to each other, further enhancing strength.

OBS

The process can also be described as dry-wet spinning, since the filaments first pass through air and then are cooled further in a liquid bath. Some high-strength polyethylene and aramid fibers are produced by gel spinning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
OBS

[Le filage par gel est un] procédé intermédiaire entre le filage à sec et le filage humide. Il est utilisé pour le polyéthylène haute ténacité et les rayonnes à haute ténacité.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Oil Drilling
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
DEF

An instrument used to determine the shear strength, or gel strength, of a drilling fluid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Sondage et forage miniers
CONT

Un [...] appareil très simple, appelé «shearomètre» et qui consiste en un cylindre métallique calibré, permet l'évaluation de la thixotropie par la mesure de la profondeur à laquelle s'enfonce l'appareil dans la boue étudiée. Le mode opératoire est lui aussi normalisé.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Geological Research and Exploration
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A calibrated funnel commonly used in field tests to determine the viscosity of drilling mud.

OBS

It consists of a copper funnel, about 30-cm long with a 15-cm diameter at the top, which has a 10-mesh screen over half its diameter to remove debris and a 6-mm-diameter exit tube at the bottom through which the rate of flow is timed. It takes 26 seconds for a quart of clean water to flow through and correspondingly longer for muds of greater viscosity. Gel strength is measured by comparing the rate of flow of freshly agitated mud with that which has been allowed to remain quiescent for 10 minutes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Appareil pour mesurer la viscosité des boues de forage.

CONT

L'entonnoir de Marsh [est un appareil utilisé pour mesurer la viscosité d'une boue de forage. Il] assure l'écoulement de la boue à travers un orifice calibré, mais sous une charge variable, et qui permet d'exprimer la viscosité par le temps nécessaire au remplissage d'une capacité connue [...]

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

The treatment and control of drilling mud to ensure its having the proper gel strength, viscosity, density, etc.

OBS

Conditioning may include the use of additives, the removal of sand and other solids, the removal of gas, the addition of water, and other measures to prepare the mud for conditions encountered in the well.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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