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INSOLUBLE COMPLEX [5 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2004-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Synthetic Fabrics
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
  • Man-Made Construction Materials
DEF

The process of stabilizing the structure and shape of fibers or fabrics by applying heat.

CONT

Preshrinking of cotton or "heat setting" of synthetics may be necessary for dimensional stability. The effectiveness of heat setting depends on the original stabilization temperature used. If the synthetic fabric is later exposed to a significantly greater temperature, dimensional change can occur.

OBS

thermosetting : having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured : capable of changing from a plastic or fusible state to an infusible or insoluble state by a chemical reaction affected by heat or other means and leading to a complex high polymer.

Key term(s)
  • heatsetting
  • heat-setting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles artificiels et synthétiques
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
  • Matériaux de construction artificiels
DEF

Traitement thermique effectué généralement sur rame, provoquant un retrait et une stabilisation dimensionnelle définitive des tissus.

CONT

[La thermofixation] confère une stabilité dimensionnelle, à un tissu synthétique ou mélange, tout en lui apportant certaines propriétés telles qu'une résistance accrue aux plis et une meilleure résilience sous une charge ou une température élevée, cette fixation est appliquée par le biais d'une chaleur humide ou sèche.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

The combining of metallic ions with a suitable reagent into a stable, soluble complex in order to prevent the ions from combining with a substance with which they would otherwise have formed an insoluble precipitate, from causing interference in a particular reaction, or from acting as undesirable catalysts.

OBS

sequestration: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

En chimie, formation de complexes de certains phosphates et d'ions métalliques qui interdit toute réaction de précipitation de ces derniers.

OBS

séquestration: terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
DEF

Formación de un complejo de coordinación por fosfatos con iones metálicos en solución, para evitar, las reacciones de precipitación de los últimos.

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Record 3 2000-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
CONT

Under anaerobic conditions, nickel can form insoluble complexes with sulphides.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
CONT

En conditions anaérobies, [le nickel] peut former des complexes insolubles avec les sulfures.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
  • Paleontology
DEF

A complex humic substance separated into two factions by alcohol :insoluble melanellite and soluble rochlederite.

OBS

[This substance] is found in the brown coal of Bohemia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Variété de résine fossile.

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

Any test in which the end point is precipitation such as an insoluble complex following interaction of soluble antigen and soluble antibody.

OBS

Compare with precipitin reaction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)

Spanish

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