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TIGHT MEMBRANE [4 records]

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Record 1 2003-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
DEF

In liquefied gas carriers, a tank composed of a thin flexible liquid tight membrane supported by the ship's structure with an interjacent rigid insulation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
DEF

Sur les navires transporteurs de gaz liquéfiés, cuve constituée d'une membrane d'étanchéité souple appuyée sur la coque du navire par l'intermédiaire d'une isolation rigide.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Food Industries
  • Biological Sciences
CONT

A differentiation was made between the related membrane processes of reverse osmosis(RO) and ultrafiltration(UF). In RO, practically all molecular species except water are retained inside the membrane. This process is associated with small pore or ’tight’ membranes and high hydrostatic pressures(500 p. s. i.).

OBS

"Inverse osmosis" was carried over from a previous record: its occurrence has not been confirmed.

OBS

There is considerable confusion in the open literature as to the distinction between microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF), and reverse osmosis (RO). For example, ultrafiltration has been referred to as both microfiltration and reverse osmosis.

Key term(s)
  • inverse osmosis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Sciences biologiques
DEF

Procédé de séparation ou de concentration des corps dissous dans une solution par application d'une pression élevée (40 Bars) provoquant le mouvement inverse de celui de l'osmose. Ex. : utilisé pour la séparation du lactose à partir du lactosérum [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Industria alimentaria
  • Ciencias biológicas
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Record 3 1980-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
OBS

In freeze-fracture replicas the tight junction is characterized by a network of ridges on the cytoplasmic half-membrane face of the plasma membrane and complementary grooves on the external half-membrane face.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
OBS

Dans les répliques obtenues après cryodécapage on observe, dans le plan de la jonction serrée, un réseau d'arêtes sur la demi-membrane en contact avec le cytoplasme et des rainures complémentaires sur l'autre demi-membrane.

Spanish

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Record 4 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
OBS

the tight junction(...) is brought about by the fusion of the outer membrane leaflets of the adjoining cells to form a single intermediate layer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
OBS

les feuillets denses externes, correspondant à chacune des membranes plasmiques, sont confondus en un seul feuillet [. Ce type d'accrochage a reçu le nom de barre terminale.]

Spanish

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