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CONDENSER PAPER [5 records]

Record 1 2005-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
DEF

[A paper] made from sulphate or sulphite pulp, depending on strength desired.

CONT

Such special thin papers as : carbonising tissue, condenser and capacitor paper, electrical paper and tissue, cigarette paper, lens tissue, stencil tissue, pattern tissue, tea bag paper.

OBS

[The pattern paper is] used by designers and tailors to cut out patterns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
CONT

Des papiers minces spéciaux tels que : papier pelure pour carbone, papier pour condensateurs, papier à cigarettes, papier mousseline pour essuyage de lentilles optiques, papier pour stencils, papier pour patrons, papier pour sachets de thé, papier électrique.

Key term(s)
  • papier pour patron

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
DEF

Insulating paper, generally light-weight, used in the manufacture of the dielectric of electrical capacitors. [Definition standardized by ISO.]

OBS

capacitor tissue paper: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
DEF

Papier isolant généralement mince, utilisé dans la fabrication du diélectrique des condensateurs électriques. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

papier pour condensateurs : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Papermaking Machines

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à papier

Spanish

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Record 5 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ignition Systems (Motor Vehicles)
  • Insulators and Supporting Materials (Electr.)
CONT

the plates in an automotive-ignition condenser are insulated from each other with special condenser paper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Allumage (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Isolateurs et supports (Électricité)
CONT

le papier fait partie des premiers diélectriques utilisés. [...] Un condensateur à diélectrique papier est en général fabriqué [ainsi] chaque élément est bobine avec d'une couche ou plus de papier placés entre des électrodes

Spanish

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