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POLYMER COMPOSITE MATERIAL [4 records]

Record 1 2004-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Plastic Materials
  • Synthetic Fabrics
DEF

[A] polymer [which is a] film containing nine billion pores per square inch.

CONT

The Gore-Tex membrane is a patented composite of two unique polymers. The first polymer, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene(ePTFE)... The second polymer is an oleophobic("oil heating") material...

OBS

Each pore [of the film] is 20,000 times smaller than a raindrop, but 700 times larger than a molecule of water. It is completely impervious to rain, snow and sleet and allows perspiration vapor to pass through.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Matières plastiques
  • Textiles artificiels et synthétiques
DEF

[Polymère consistant en] une pellicule comptant neuf milliards de pores au pouce carré.

CONT

Le ePTFE (polytétrafluoroéthylène expansé) est obtenu par frittage du PTFE [polytétrafluoroéthylène] suivi d'un extrusion et d'un étirage. Ce procédé de fabrication particulier confère au matériau souple ePTFE une structure alvéolaire ouverte, composée de deux entités de base, le nodule et la fibrille.

OBS

Chaque pore [de cette pellicule] est vingt mille fois plus petit qu'une goutte de pluie, mais 700 fois plus large qu'une molécule d'eau. Il bloque parfaitement la pluie et la neige, tout en permettant la diffusion de la vapeur de transpiration.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
CONT

Epoxy resins are used extensively as the matrix material in advanced structural composites.

OBS

The challenge with [high-strength glass filaments], for example, is to combine them with a suitable supporting [...] material such as an epoxy polymer [...] to produce efficient structural composite materials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
OBS

Ils présentent d'excellentes propriétés mécaniques massiques jusqu'à une température de 500 °C. Généralement, ils sont renforcés par des fibres continues dans une proportion volumique supérieure à 40%.

Spanish

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Record 3 1990-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

Transmissivity of a drainage net as a function of hydraulic gradient and compressive stresses: (a) the net is between two geomembranes; (b) the net is between a geomembrane and a heat-bonded non-woven geotextile ... .

OBS

The term fin drain is given to this form of composite geotextile drain because the water conducting sheet is generally in the form of a fin projecting upwards from a pipe. The fin drain sheet itself is formed from a water conducting core backed with a geotextile filter on either one or both sides. Geotextile mats, nets, and waffled plastic sheets (sometimes called geospacers) may be used as the core material ... .

OBS

Geotextile nets consist of two sets of roughly round polymer strands that cross at a constant angle to give very open geotextile with large diamond or rectangle shaped apertures. This mesh-like appearance led to the term "mesh" being initially applied to this type of geotextile before the industry standardized on the term "net".... This form of geotextile is mainly used as either comparatively low strength soil reinforcement or as the core material in a fin drain geotextile composite....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
  • Mécanique des sols
OBS

Couche drainante : Couche constituée de matériau perméable mise en place derrière un ouvrage (mur enterré, soutènement) ou sous un ouvrage (radier, dallage, route, barrage) pour faciliter l'écoulement de l'eau du sol et éviter en particulier sa mise en pression. Synonyme : tapis drainant, matelas drainant.

Spanish

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Record 4 1989-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Materials

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matières plastiques
OBS

Équivalent proposé par un chimiste à la section Environnement.

Spanish

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