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REFINED COPPER [5 records]

Record 1 2012-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Copper and Copper Alloys (Metallurgy)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
OBS

refining: Process of removing undesirable elements, oxides, and gases from molten metal to improve the purity of the metal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cuivre et alliages du cuivre (Métallurgie)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
CONT

L'affinage électrolytique permet d'obtenir du cuivre d'une pureté supérieure à 99,95%; le cuivre brut ou le cuivre affiné par voie sèche, coulé en anodes sous forme de plaques, est électrolysé dans une solution de sulfate de cuivre acide [...]

OBS

[...] raffinage du cuivre [...]

OBS

affinage: Opération consistant à éliminer les impuretés contenues dans un métal ou un alliage à l'état liquide. [On emploie ce terme de préférence pour les métaux ferreux [...]

OBS

raffinage: En métallurgie, synonyme de affinage.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
  • Food Industries
  • Fatty Substances (Food)
DEF

Development of a rancid odour in an odourless product (e.g. oil).

CONT

Further processing and utilization of refined soybean oil : Freshly refined soybean oil is practically odourless and bland. However, objectionable off-flavour described as "green, grassy, fishy" is known to develop quickly if the oil is heated(as in cooking and frying), or stored under conditions which expose it to light and oxygen or permits contamination with certain metals such as copper and iron. This type of flavour deterioration has been called "flavour reversion", expressing the thought that it brings back the off-flavours of crude oil.

Key term(s)
  • flavor reversion
  • flavor deterioration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques industrielles
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Corps gras (Ind. de l'aliment.)
DEF

Rancissement d'un produit inodore (par exemple une huile).

Key term(s)
  • réversion de flaveur

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Copper and Copper Alloys (Metallurgy)
  • Foundry Practice
DEF

An electrolytically refined copper which is remelted and cast into bars or billets for fabrication into the required form. It is the raw material used for producing electrolytic high-conductivity copper, both tough-pitch and oxygen-free.

OBS

Cathode copper is melted and marketed as electrolytic copper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cuivre et alliages du cuivre (Métallurgie)
  • Fonderie
CONT

Cuivre en cathodes. Il est désigné par Cu/d et se présente sous forme de plaques de 900 x 900 mm environ, pesant 60 à 100 kg. Il ne peut généralement pas être utilisé sans refusion (...)

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metallurgy - General
  • The Product (Marketing)
CONT

Commercial grades of copper. The purest commercial grades are electrolytic and low resistivity lake copper, both of which are more than 99. 9 per cent pure.... A grade of copper known as fire refined other than lake... is used for rolling into sheets.... A third grade, arsenical or high resistance lake copper, may contain as much as 0. 50 per cent of arsenic.... About twenty grades of copper are furnished for special uses....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallurgie générale
  • Produit (Commercialisation)
CONT

Les différentes qualités commerciales de cuivre se distinguent essentiellement par leurs teneurs résiduelles en oxygène et en phosphore (...)

OBS

Le cuivre et les alliages de cuivre font l'objet des normes ISO du domaine 140 groupe 3080.

Spanish

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Record 5 1989-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Copper and Copper Alloys (Metallurgy)
OBS

Copper No. C11000. A commercially pure, high-conductivity copper of any origin which has been refined by electrolytic deposition, then melted, oxidized and brought to tough pitch or controlled low-oxygen content, and finally cast into cakes, billets, wire bars, etc., suitable for hot or cold working, or both.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cuivre et alliages du cuivre (Métallurgie)
OBS

Cuivre no C11000. Cuivre commercialement pur et de conductivité élevée, de toute provenance, raffiné par dépôt électrolytique. Lorsque le cuivre raffiné est en fusion, la teneur en oxygène est ajustée avant la coulée en lingots, barres à fil, billettes, etc. Ces produits sont ensuite travaillés à chaud ou à froid.

OBS

Cuivres raffinés contenant de l'oxygène. [Classification française]. Ils comprennent les nuances : Cu/a 1, affiné par voie électrolytique, (...) Cu/a 2 affiné par voie thermique. (...) Le Cu/a 3 est également affiné par voie thermique.

Spanish

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