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MINE ATMOSPHERE [5 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 1998-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gas Industry
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Coal-Derived Fuels
CONT

Underground coal gasification(UCG) involves the in-place conversion of coal to gaseous fuels using air as the gasifying agent... It eliminates the need for an underground mine labour force and minimizes the environmental problems associated with mining as well as with ash disposal and emissions to the atmosphere that arise in surface processing plants.

Key term(s)
  • in-situ gasification

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du gaz
  • Génie chimique
  • Combustibles dérivés des charbons
CONT

Gazéification in situ. Elle consiste à traiter le charbon [...] dans le sous-sol lui-même. Cela devrait permettre d'éviter les opérations de manutention et de minage, et d'atteindre économiquement des couches profondes [...] non exploitées aujourd'hui.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

Low-level radioactive wastes can exist in solid liquid or gaseous form. Any solid waste may give off a radioactive gas, as in the case of Radium 226 which gives off Radon 222 when it undergoes alpha decay. Water flowing through a solid waste may leach out soluble radioactive material(e. g., the acid leachates of some uranium mine tailings). As well, solid fine particulates of radioactive waste may take the form of a dust and be carried away on the wind, as in the case in the erosion of mine tailings. Equally, non-radioactive dust particles in the atmosphere can be contaminated with radon daughters as a result of electrostatic attraction. Furthermore, fine solid or liquid radioactive wastes can also take the form of aerosols that, once airborne, may be widely scattered.

Key term(s)
  • solid fine particulate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Déchets nucléaires
OBS

Voir aussi «particule», «particules», «particules en suspension», «particules solides en suspension», «particules de poussière» et «aérosol».

Key term(s)
  • particule solide fine

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del aire
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 3 1996-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

Low-level radioactive wastes can exist in solid liquid or gaseous form. Any solid waste may give off a radioactive gas, as in the case of Radium 226 which gives off Radon 222 when it undergoes alpha decay. Water flowing through a solid waste may leach out soluble radioactive material(e. g., the acid leachates of some uranium mine tailings). As well, solid fine particulates of radioactive waste may take the form of a dust and be carried away on the wind, as in the case in the erosion of mine tailings. Equally, non-radioactive dust particles in the atmosphere can be contaminated with radon daughters as a result of electrostatic attraction. Furthermore, fine solid or liquid radioactive wastes can also take the form of aerosols that, once airborne, may be widely scattered.

OBS

Usually in the plural form.

Key term(s)
  • non radioactive dust particle
  • non-radioactive dust particle
  • non radioactive dust particles

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Déchets nucléaires
OBS

Terme généralement employé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • particule de poussière non radioactive

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del aire
  • Desechos nucleares
Key term(s)
  • partícula de polvo no radiactiva
  • partícula de polvo no radioactiva
  • partículas de polvo no radioactivas
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Record 4 1996-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

Dusts are formed by the pulverization of solid matter into small size particles. These may be the result of such processes as grinding, crushing, blasting and drilling. Particle sizes range from 1 [micron] up to about 100-200 [microns]. Dust particles are usually irregular in shape. Examples include flyash, rock dusts and flour. They are heterogeneous in size and structure.

CONT

Low-level radioactive wastes can exist in solid liquid or gaseous form. Any solid waste may give off a radioactive gas, as in the case of Radium 226 which gives off Radon 222 when it undergoes alpha decay.... solid fine particulates of radioactive waste may take the form of a dust and be carried away on the wind, as in the case in the erosion of mine tailings. Equally, non-radioactive dust particles in the atmosphere can be contaminated with radon daughters as a result of electrostatic attraction. Furthermore, fine solid or liquid radioactive wastes can also take the form of aerosols that, once airborne, may be widely scattered.

OBS

Usually in the plural form.

Key term(s)
  • dust particle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Déchets nucléaires
CONT

Ces particules de poussières microscopiques représenteraient de toute façon une fraction importante des nuages observés, puisqu'environ 10 % de la masse totale pourrait être sous forme de grains de taille inférieure à 0.005 micron.

OBS

Le terme «poussière» possède aussi un autre sens, plus général que la notion étudiée ici, où il devient synonyme de «particule». Bien sûr, dans une expression comme «particule de poussière», il reprend son sens spécifique : particule de moins d'un micron.

OBS

Terme généralement employé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • particule de poussière

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del aire
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 5 1978-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Geology
OBS

The dusting of underground areas with powdered limestone to dilute the coal dust in the mine atmosphere thereby reducing explosion hazards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie économique
OBS

Action de déposer, dans les galeries de mines, des matériaux stériles fins qui se mêlent à la poussière de charbon et la rendent inapte à brûler dans des conditions normales.

Spanish

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