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SEAL COAT [9 records]

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Record 1 2019-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
  • Road Maintenance
  • Waterproofing (Construction)
DEF

A thin asphalt surface treatment used to waterproof and improve the texture of an asphalt wearing surface.

OBS

Depending on the purpose, seal coats may or may not be covered with an aggregate. The main types of seal coats are aggregate seals, fog seals, emulsion slurry seals, and sand seals.

OBS

seal coat : designation proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
  • Entretien des routes
  • Étanchéité (Construction)
OBS

couche de scellement : désignation proposée par l'Association mondiale de la route.

OBS

couche de scellement : désignation uniformisée par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Construcción de carreteras
  • Mantenimiento de carreteras
  • Impermeabilización (Construcción)
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Record 2 2017-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
DEF

A young harp seal in its first year of life which has completed its first moult to a soft spotted grey coat at an age of about 3 to 4 weeks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
DEF

Phoque du Groenland, âgé de 3 1/2 semaines à 1 an dont la mue est achevée. Son pelage de poils courts est gris argenté tacheté de noir.

Key term(s)
  • jeune cœur

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction Materials
DEF

Application of low-viscosity liquid asphalts to an absorbent surface.

CONT

Types of asphalt surface treatments include single surface treatment, multiple surface treatment, seal coat, prime coat, tack coat, dust laying, road oiling....

OBS

Prime penetrates into the base and plugs the voids, hardens the top, and helps to bind it to the overlying asphalt course. Also reduces the necessity of maintaining an untreated base course prior to placing the asphalt pavement.... Used to prepare an untreated base for an asphalt surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de constr. (Voies de circulation)
OBS

OACI Aéro

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction Materials
DEF

A slurry mixture of emulsified asphalt, sand, and water applied to an existing surface and squeegeed into place to serve as a seal coat.

OBS

Only slow-setting emulsions are used.

OBS

slurry seal: term proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de constr. (Voies de circulation)
DEF

Mélange de granulats minéraux, d'émulsion de bitume et d'additifs, réalisé et coulé en place.

CONT

Les coulis bitumineux, autrefois appelés hydrobitumineux, avaient à peu près totalement disparu. Ils étaient fabriqués en mélangeant à la bétonnière un granulat, du bitume, de l'eau chaude, un additif.

OBS

coulis bitumineux : terme et définition proposés par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Materiales de construcción de carreteras
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Record 5 2011-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Maintenance
DEF

A light spray application of emulsified asphalt, without cover aggregate, to an existing pavement as a seal to inhibit raveling or enrich the surface.

CONT

An asphalt fog seal, a type of seal coat, is a light application of slow-setting emulsified asphalt diluted with water. It is used to renew old asphalt surfaces and to seal small cracks and surface voids.

Key term(s)
  • asphalt fog coat
  • asphalt-fog seal

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien des routes
OBS

Sans gravillonnage.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Maintenance
DEF

Progressive disintegration from the surface downward, or edges inward, by the dislodgement of aggregate particles.

CONT

Bituminous concrete surfaces will ravel if they are deficient in asphalt. The raveling can be corrected by applying a seal coat or overlay of plant-mixed asphaltic concrete.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien des routes
DEF

Défaut d'un enduit superficiel dont les gravillons sont détachés sous l'action du trafic et des intempéries.

OBS

désenrobage : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mantenimiento de carreteras
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Record 7 1993-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
DEF

A juvenile harp seal from about 1 to 5 years of age which has a spotted coat. In the early years of sexual maturity the distinctive saddle-or harp-shaped markings U-U of the adult gradually develops.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
DEF

Phoque du Groenland n'ayant pas atteint sa maturité, âgé de 1 à 5 ans et ayant un pelage tacheté. Les taches caractéristiques en forme de harpe, que le phoque adulte porte sur ses flancs, se développent graduellement.

Spanish

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Record 8 1993-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
DEF

a hooded seal pup up to 1 year old with a short hair coat ranging from darkish blue grey on the back to cream on the belly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
DEF

Jeune phoque à capuchon ayant jusqu'à un an dont le pelage à poils courts va du bleu ardoise sur le dos à une couleur crème sur le ventre.

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
DEF

a weaned harp seal pup during the preparatory stage of its first moult; long white hair is still firmly attached but silver-grey beater coat has begun to appear at approximately 12 days of age.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
DEF

Jeune phoque du Groenland sevré durant l'étape préparatoire à sa première mue; la longue fourrure blanche est encore fermement attachée, mais le pelage gris argenté du brasseur a commencé à pousser à environ 12 jours.

Spanish

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