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HARDENING PROPERTY [4 records]

Record 1 2016-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Security
OBS

The main objective of the Block Watch Society of BC is to partner with communities to build safer neighborhoods by encouraging residents to take a proactive approach to crime prevention and safety. Through education on target hardening, property marking and reporting suspicious activity Block Watch provides a means for the community to take responsibility for its own safety by reducing the opportunity for crime.

OBS

Mission: Working together, building safer neighborhoods throughout British Columbia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Sécurité

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cement Industry
  • Types of Concrete
  • Binders and Mastics (Constr.)
DEF

Portland cement which, partly through adjustment of chemical composition and partly because of finer grinding, has the property of hardening more rapidly.

OBS

--high early strength

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cimenterie
  • Sortes de béton
  • Liants et mastics (Construction)
DEF

Ciment Portland qui, en partie par la correction de sa composition chimique et en partie en raison d'un broyage plus fin, a la propriété de durcir plus rapidement.

OBS

ciment Portland à durcissement rapide : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Key term(s)
  • ciment à durcissement rapide
  • ciment à prise rapide

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
  • Aeroindustry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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Record 4 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
OBS

chrome alum (...) violet crystals forming a purplish solution. When heated, or in presence of sulphite, the solution gradually turns greenish and loses its hardening properties.

Key term(s)
  • hardening property

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

l'alun de chrome (...) Cristaux violets, assez solubles dans l'eau tiède. La dissolution à une température dépassant 50 degrés diminue fortement le pouvoir durcisseur de cet alun.

Spanish

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