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PROPELLENT [8 records]

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Record 1 2012-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection
CONT

Few modern pesticides are usable in the technical form. Generally, the chemical is extended or diluted, thereby enabling a more economic coverage of the area or a reduction in the possibility of damage to vegetation. This is usually done by mixing the technical material with a neutral carrier. The carrier may be a liquid in which the pesticide is dissolved or suspended, or it may be an inert dust or granule.

OBS

A liquid carrier may, especially in the case of aerosols, be in fact a liquefied gas. In this case the carrier is called a "propellant", which may also be spelled "propellent".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux
CONT

Le support (aussi appelé véhiculant, vecteur, porteur, charge) est une substance liquide ou solide à laquelle est incorporée une matière active lors de la fabrication d'un produit phytopharmaceutique. On désigne également par ce terme le liquide ou parfois le solide pulvérulent dans lequel sont dispersées la ou les formulations au moment de l'exécution du traitement, ou encore le noyau sur lequel la ou les matières actives sont fixées par enrobage ou imprégnation.

OBS

Véhiculant et diluant sont généralement des supports liquides, alors que charge est un support solide. Le vecteur peut aussi être une plante ou un animal porteur d'une maladie infectieuse.

OBS

Le terme «support», tel que défini ci-haut, a été normalisé par l'AFNOR.

OBS

[...] l'anglais confond facilement «carrier» et «diluent», le même matériau valant pour les deux fonctions que ces termes définissent.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Safety
  • Safety Equipment (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
OBS

New passenger restraint system for the backseats. A shock-absorbent blanket is stored in the back of the front seat, and in the event of a crash is fired out by propellent cartridges located in the boot of the car. The blanket envelopes the passengers and has been designed to restrain up to 600 lbs. in weight in a head-on collision at 40 miles per hour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité routière
  • Sécurité (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

Project 621 was a German project of Years 1960 carried out by Dornier to create recoverable sounding rocket. The rocket, driven by liquid propellent, would use hang-glider for its recovery, and would be usable up to six times.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
Key term(s)
  • fusée sonde récupérable

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • White Products (Petroleum)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

Solid rocket fuel consisting of oxygen-donating inorganic salts, and a plastic binder.

CONT

... heterogeneous propellant [consists] of physically mixed oxidizer and fuel components ...

CONT

A composite propellent has a heterogeneous physical structure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits blancs (Pétrole)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Propergol constitué de sels inorganiques générateurs d'oxygène et d'un liant plastique.

OBS

propergol composite : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
  • Weapon Systems
DEF

Any tool or special mechanized device which is actuated by explosives, but not a propellent actuated device].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
  • Systèmes d'armes

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
CONT

This type of equipment fires a gas-propelled stream of finely-graded abrasive particles through a precise nozzle and directs them against the work. Material is removed from the work by impingement of abrasive particles upon it. This type of action generates very little heat. The abrasion process can be very exact, because of the precise control that a user has over particle direction as well as propellent pressure. Typically, the size and shape of the nozzle can be varied from a 1. 14 mm orifice for higher production models to a 127-um orifice for laboratory models. Applications for abrading equipment are varied. Cutting, deflashing, cleaning, microburring, etching, and restoring can all be accomplished through the use of abrading equipment. When abrading equipment is linked to a pantograph, the unit's handpiece can cut intricate patterns in silicon semiconductors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique
  • Techniques industrielles

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
  • Shooting (Sports)
DEF

A pistol having a mechanism which utilizes the pressure of the exploding propellent powder to eject the used case, insert a new cartridge and prepare the pistol for the next shot.... many so called "automatic" pistols are in fact "self-loading" or "semi automatic".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
  • Tir (Sports)
DEF

Arme à chargeur, qui fonctionne par recul du canon sous la pression des gaz : la culasse avec le percuteur coulisse d'avant en arrière en encaissant la réaction du coup. (ENQUI, LGRAN)

OBS

La dénomination de «pistolet automatique» constitue une exception. (MAGRA 1968, 1-5/60)

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Packaging
  • Packaging Techniques
DEF

Dispenser holding liquids and materials in the form of paste or powder which are under the pressure of a liquefied or a compressed gas propellent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages spéciaux
  • Techniques d'emballage
DEF

Ensemble des conditionnements, excluant les aérosols, dont le contenu est expulsé sous pression par un mécanisme quelconque.

CONT

L'emballage-pression est constitué d'un boîtier étroit à l'intérieur duquel est disposé un sachet plastique fixé du côté supérieur à la base et de l'autre côté un élément rotatif à la base du boîtier. En tournant celle-ci on provoque la torsion de la poche plastique et l'expulsion du contenu à travers la base (Emballage-Digest, no 201, mai 1977, p. 89).

Spanish

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