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QUENCHED [29 records]

Record 1 2022-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Quenching
CONT

Air quenching is... more intentionally performed when it is compressed and forced around the metal being quenched. This cools the part more rapidly than still air, although even compressed air may still cool many metals too slowly to alter the mechanical properties.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trempe (Métal)

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glass Industry
  • Glass Manufacturing
DEF

Cullet made by running molten glass into water.

OBS

quenched cullet; dragaded cullet; drag-ladled cullet; shrended cullet : terms and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization(ISO) in 1992.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du verre
  • Fabrication du verre
DEF

Calcin obtenu en coulant du verre fondu dans l’eau.

OBS

calcin tiré à l'eau : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO) en 1992.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glass Industry
  • Glass Manufacturing
DEF

Cullet collected on the floor below machine level.

OBS

cullet: broken glass which is added to the batch.

OBS

It is frequently quenched cullet, produced when molten glass is allowed to run directly into the basement during a mould change, for example.

OBS

basement cullet; cellar cullet: terms and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1992.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du verre
  • Fabrication du verre
DEF

Calcin ramassé sur le sol sous le niveau de la machine.

OBS

calcin: débris de verre ajoutés à la composition.

OBS

Il s'agit fréquemment de calcin coulé obtenu lorsque l'on laisse le verre fondu couler directement à la cave lors d'un changement de moule, par exemple.

OBS

calcin de cave : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO) en 1992.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
DEF

A form of wet or partially quenched combustion where air and water are injected simultaneously or alternately after a small heat bank has been formed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
Universal entry(ies)
K2TaF7
formula, see observation
CONT

Infrared and Raman spectroscopic measurements on a series of quenched alkali metal fluoride(Flinak) melts containing tantalum and oxide have led to the development of new methods of oxide analysis, which have an important use in the field of molten fluoride chemistry. The tantalum concentration was maintained at 2. 7 mol %, with the oxide concentration varying from 0 to 5. 4 mol %, over 22 samples.... The frequency and relative intensities of the bands enable the assignment of Ta-F and Ta-0 bands for both fluorotantalate and oxofluorotantalate entities.

CONT

The water and tantalum solution from the extractor contains a fluotantalic acid solution, from which potassium fluotantalate (K-salt, K2TaF7) or tantalum pentoxide (Ta2O5) can be precipitated through the addition of either potassium fluoride, or ammonia.

OBS

fluorotantalate: generic term.

OBS

Chemical formula: K2TaF7

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
K2TaF7
formula, see observation
OBS

fluotantalate : terme générique se rapportant, en chimie minérale, aux sels complexes MTaF6 ou M2TaF7, où M est un métal monovalent.

OBS

Formule chimique : K2TaF7

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
K2TaF7
formula, see observation
OBS

Fórmula química: K2TaF7

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Record 6 2011-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vacuum Tubes (Electronics)
DEF

A radiation counter tube that requires an external circuit to prevent it from reigniting.

OBS

externally-quenched counter tube : term officially approved by the Electronics and Telecommunications Terminology Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tubes et lampes (Électronique)
OBS

tube-compteur à coupage externe : terme uniformisé par le Comité d’uniformisation des termes de l’électronique et des télécommunications (CUTEL).

Key term(s)
  • tube compteur à coupage externe

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tubos de vacío (Electrónica)
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Record 7 2011-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vacuum Tubes (Electronics)
DEF

A self-quenched counter tube in which the quenching agent is an organic vapour.

Key term(s)
  • organic vapour quenched counter tube

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tubes et lampes (Électronique)
DEF

Tube-compteur autocoupeur dans lequel le coupage est obtenu à l'aide d'une vapeur organique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tubos de vacío (Electrónica)
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Record 8 2010-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wrought Metal Items and Antique Tools
  • Metal Forging
CONT

... slack tub... for the quenching of hot steel to cool it or temper it. It should hold not less than five gallons of water, and should be deep enough so that a long hot section of steel bar can easily be quenched.

CONT

One morning our ancient smith probably set out to make some tool, and when ready to quench his handiwork, discovered there was no water in the slack tub ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets ouvrés et outils anciens (Métal)
  • Forgeage
CONT

[...] le seau d'eau [...] doit toujours être dans la forge pour refroidir le fer qu'on a fait rougir sur le feu et qu'on a ensuite travaillé sur l'enclume. C'est dans ce seau que le forgeron procède à la trempe des métaux. Le plus souvent, l'eau contenue dans ce seau n'est jamais remplacée.

Key term(s)
  • bac à eau

Spanish

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Record 9 2009-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
  • Atomic Physics
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
CONT

An intrinsic self-generated quenching center for lanthanide-doped high-purity solids is presented for transitions, which cannot be quenched by cross-relaxation. This center, in fact a cluster-like pair of active centers, is shown to come from a particular multiphonon-assisted energy transfer between them. Being due to the vibronic properties of the host it cannot be suppressed.

Key term(s)
  • quenching centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
  • Physique atomique
  • Physique radiologique et applications
CONT

Lorsque des paires électron-trou sont créées, ces charges se retrouvent rapidement piégées sur [des] niveaux localisés appelés centres de luminescence. La transition d'un électron du niveau excité au niveau «libre» fondamental se traduit alors par l'émission d'un photon. Celui-ci, ayant une énergie inférieure à celle de la bande interdite, peut se propager aisément dans le scintillateur avec une probabilité faible d'être autoabsorbé. Un autre processus concurrent permet à l'électron, via des niveaux localisés dans le gap (centres de «quenching») d'effectuer une transition non radiative vers l'état fondamental.

Spanish

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Record 10 2008-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steel
  • Land Equipment (Military)
CONT

High hardness armour is a low alloy quenched and tempered steel with very high hardenability. The plate is manufactured to very high levels of through hardness, typically greater than 500 Brinell. High hardness armour defeats incident projectiles by shattering or deforming the projectile to the extent that the force on the armour from the projectile impact is sufficiently distributed to be no greater than the strength of the high hardness armour plate.

Key term(s)
  • high-hardness armour
  • high-hardness armor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acier
  • Matériel terrestre (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 11 2006-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

A technique for quantifying an antigen-antibody reaction by measuring the degree to which the bound antigen reduces the fluorescence emitted by a fluorescence-labeled antibody subjected to ultraviolet light.

DEF

The reduction of fluorescence emitted by an antibody(or antigen) when it forms a complex. For example, this occurs when a hapten, which absorbs radiation at 350 nm, binds to an antibody. Normally, antibody illuminated at 280 nm fluoresces at 350 nm, but if the hapten is bound at the binding site some of the florescence is absorbed(quenched).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
CONT

Méthodes fluorométriques. Extinction de fluorescence (fluorescence quenching): la plupart des protéines, dont les immunoglobulines, émettent une énergie fluorescente dans le spectre ultraviolet. Cette énergie est diminuée par l'attachement de certaines molécules à ces protéines. L'interaction avec un haptène diminue la fluorescence des immunoglobulines, l'haptène absorbant une partie de l'énergie qui est alors émise sur une autre longueur d'onde ou simplement absorbée. On mesure l'extinction de la fluorescence après addition de plusieurs concentrations d'haptène.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
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Record 12 2005-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A valve that permits flow around a control valve, a piece of equipment, or a system.

CONT

A bleed valve permits the removal of non-condensible gases in a quenched bore, and a bypass valve permits the bore output to be discharged to waste.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
CONT

Avec la vanne de purge, on élimine des gaz non condensables dans un forage éteint, tandis que celle de dérivation permet la mise en décharge de la production du forage.

Spanish

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Record 13 2004-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dust Removal
CONT

Andersen 2000 Inc and Montair Andersen bv have been responsible for many of today’s standards in the area of scrubber technology. Not only do we manufacture complete packaged scrubbing systems for all types of industrial applications, we also design and manufacture scrubbers for applications including fine particulate removal, gas absorption, and dust and large particulate matter collection. ... Some of the scrubber technologies available from Andersen are Venturi Scrubbers, Packed Bed Scrubbers, Ejector Scrubbers, Triven Scrubbers, and Low Energy Scrubbers. These systems all use liquid as part of the scrubbing process. And as a result, they are referred to as "Wet Scrubbers". ... We also offer "Dry Scrubbers" including Dry Injection Type and the Spray Dry Absorption Type. These use a dry alkaline powder to absorb acid gases and a fabric filter Baghouse to collect particulate matter.

CONT

Bennett Remtech utilizes a dry scrubber to remove acid gases. Flue gas is quenched to approach the acid dewpoint temperature. The gas then comes into contact with a reagent such as lime. The acid gases are removed, without any required water treatment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dépoussiérage
CONT

Bennett Remtech utilise un épurateur à sec pour éliminer les gaz acides. Les gaz de carneau sont refroidis à une température qui se situe près du point de rosée de l'acide. Le gaz vient ensuite en contact avec un réactif comme la chaux. Les gaz acides sont ainsi éliminés, sans la nécessité d'une épuration de l'eau.

CONT

Four de type nouveau équipé d'un laveur-épurateur par voie sèche (coke de pétrole/calcaire ou aluminium).

Spanish

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Record 14 2003-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Quenching
DEF

A form of interrupted quenching in which the steel is quenched rapidly from its hardening temperature to about 450°F, held at 450°F until the temperature is uniform, then cooled in air to room temperature. Actual hardening does not occur until the air cooling starts and is accomplished with a minimum temperature differential.

OBS

Martempering is indicated for low to medium alloy steels when distortion may be a problem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trempe (Métal)
OBS

trempe étagée : Trempe au cours de laquelle le refroidissement est momentanément interrompu par un maintien dans un milieu à une température convenablement choisie. Pour les aciers, selon que ce maintien a lieu dans le domaine bainitique ou martensitique, les locutions trempe étagée bainitique ou trempe étagée martensitique sont employées.

Spanish

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Record 15 2003-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Quenching
DEF

A hardenability test in which a steel bar is heated to the desired austenitizing temperature and quench-hardened at one end and then measured for hardness along its length, beginning at the quenched end.

CONT

end-quench hardenability test. A laboratory procedure for determining the hardenability of a steel or other ferrous alloy; widely referred to as the Jominy test.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trempe (Métal)
DEF

Méthode d'essai de trempabilité des aciers, consistant en une trempe à l'eau, avec gradient de refroidissement, d'une éprouvette cylindrique, dont on prend alors la dureté le long d'une génératrice.

Spanish

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Record 16 2003-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

A Geiger-Müller counter tube in which the discharge is quenched by means of a suitable constituent in the gas.

Key term(s)
  • self quenched counter tube

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique radiologique et applications
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Tube-compteur de Geiger-Müller dans lequel la décharge est coupée à l'aide d'un constituant convenable dans le gaz.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física radiológica (Teoría y aplicación)
  • Física atómica
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Record 17 2002-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
CONT

Displacement feeder. Suitable for slightly-soluble reagents such as alum, fused sodium carbonate, etc., and for the injection of trisodium phosphate into boilers.

CONT

The paper industry experiences explosions [which] occur when paper smelt(mostly fused sodium carbonate with a few percent of sodium sulfide, sodium chloride, and minor ingredients) is quenched in large containers of "green liquor"...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
CONT

Pot à déplacement. Convient pour des réactifs peu solubles: alun, carbonate de soude [sic : de sodium] fondu, etc., et pour l'injection de phosphate trisodique dans les chaudières.

Spanish

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Record 18 2000-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
CONT

Partially quenched combustion occurs when water is introduced in sufficient amounts into the combustion zone.... the combustion zone moves at the speed of the cooling water and all the processes... occur in one fast-traveling front.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
CONT

Combustion in-situ partiellement éteinte.

OBS

Voir «combustion noyée».

Spanish

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Record 19 2000-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
OBS

See "partially quenched combustion. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière

Spanish

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Record 20 1995-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics of Solids
CONT

The known superconductor tended to be quenched, or restored to the normal resistive state.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique des solides
OBS

Des expériences montrèrent qu'il existe une valeur critique du champ au-delà de laquelle tous les métaux purs supraconducteurs transitent vers l'état résistif.

Spanish

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Record 21 1993-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp and Paper
OBS

wet bottom : A type of ash removal system in a power boiler using low ash fusion temperature coal. The ash is removed in a molten state, quenched in a slag tank, and pumped out as slurry.

CONT

A simplified sketch of a typical black liquor flow sequence on a recovery unit with direct-contact evaporator and wet-bottom precipitator is shown in Figure 10-25. The strong black liquor from storage first goes to the bottom of the precipitator where it "picks up" the chemical particulates ... dropped from the electrodes. (If the precipitator is a "dry bottom" type, a series of screw conveyors or scraper-chain conveyors moves the material into the chemical ash tank.) Next, the liquor is pumped to the direct-contact evaporator where the solids concentration increases from both evaporation and further pickup of dust from the contacted gases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtes et papier
OBS

Au sortir de l'économiseur, la chaleur sensible peut être utilisée pour évaporer la liqueur (dans les chaudières équipées d'EDC) ou, plus rarement, pour réchauffer l'air entrant. Autrement, les gaz vont directement vers la cuve de précipitation, où les particules de poussière sont ionisées, récupérées sur des électrodes et évacuées soit dans une cuve à liqueur noire forte (dans un appareil à base humide) ou au moyen d'un transporteur vers un réservoir de mélange (dans le cas d'une cuve de précipitation sèche).

Spanish

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Record 22 1993-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
  • Pulp and Paper
OBS

wet bottom : A type of ash removal system in a power boiler using low ash fusion temperature coal. The ash is removed in a molten state, quenched in a slag tank, and pumped out as slurry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)
  • Pâtes et papier

Spanish

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Record 23 1992-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
OBS

Use of the sigmoid results in the existence of a quenching threshold (QT). Units whose net inputs are above the QT will have their activities enhanced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

L'aléa modélisant l'information qu'on veut stocker est choisi une fois pour toutes : on dit qu'il est figé (en anglais "quenched").

Spanish

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Record 24 1989-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Papermaking Machines
DEF

A metal vessel located under a sulfate recovery furnace into which the molten chemicals flow. There they are quenched and dissolved in water or weak green liquor from the causticizing area to form fresh strong green liquor in the chemical recovery cycle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à papier
DEF

Cuvier, situé au bas de la chaudière de récupération, à l'intérieur duquel les cendres fondues ou salin sont transformées en liqueur verte par voie de dissolution dans l'eau.

Spanish

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Record 25 1988-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions

Spanish

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Record 26 1982-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
OBS

(steel) FIST 11-02-320.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
OBS

CONS 04.79. D'après Alain Charest, terminologue Stelco.

Spanish

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Record 27 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Measuring Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesures (Électricité)

Spanish

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Record 28 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joints and Connections (Construction)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joints et assemblages (Construction)

Spanish

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Record 29 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Quenching
DEF

an unstable constituent in quenched steel, formed without diffusion and only during cooling below a certain temperature

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trempe (Métal)
CONT

le refroidissement brutal, par trempe, de l'austénite, donne naissance à un constituant hors d'équilibre, la martensite.

Spanish

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