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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The breaking up with a crackling noise of mineral substances when exposed to heat, as when rock salt is thrown upon the fire.  2, record 1, English, - decrepitation

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Decrepitation.-Some minerals, when laid upon a hot plate, decrepitate, or fly to pieces, through the unequal expansion which overcomes the cohesion of the molecules. Calcite, fluorite, and barite are examples of this. A mineral which decrepitates may be separated from one which does not by decrepitating and sifting; the latter mineral will be found on the sieve, while that which was finely decrepitated will have gone through.  3, record 1, English, - decrepitation

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Éclatement d'un fragment de matière sous l'action de la chaleur.  2, record 1, French, - d%C3%A9cr%C3%A9pitation

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Séparation par décrépitation. Cette méthode tire profit du comportement particulier de certains minéraux à la chaleur. A l'échelle industrielle, ce système est utilisé uniquement pour l'enrichissement de la baryte. Lorsqu'elle est chauffée au-delà d'une certaine température (...) la baryte se brise en particules de petites dimensions, tandis que les autres espèces minéralogiques qui l'accompagnent demeurent intactes. Il suffit de cribler le matériau pour obtenir un concentré ayant la teneur commerciale.  3, record 1, French, - d%C3%A9cr%C3%A9pitation

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

To roast or calcine (as salt) so as to cause crackling or until crackling stops.  2, record 2, English, - decrepitate

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Some minerals, when laid upon a hot plate, decrepitate, or fly to pieces, through the unequal expansion which overcomes the cohesion of the molecules. Calcite, fluorite, and barite are examples of this. A mineral which decrepitates may be separated from one which does not by decrepitating and sifting; the latter mineral will be found on the sieve, while that which was finely decrepitated will have gone through.  3, record 2, English, - decrepitate

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

This verb can be used transitively or intransitively.  4, record 2, English, - decrepitate

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Éclater sous l'action de la chaleur.  1, record 2, French, - d%C3%A9cr%C3%A9piter

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Décrépiter du sel, le calciner jusqu'à ce qu'il ne crépite plus dans le feu.  2, record 2, French, - d%C3%A9cr%C3%A9piter

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Ce terme peut être utilisé comme verbe transitif ou comme verbe intransitif.  3, record 2, French, - d%C3%A9cr%C3%A9piter

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish