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CERAMIC MATERIAL [4 records]

Record 1 2001-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
CONT

Alsimag: Registered trademark of American Lava Corporation for ceramic materials. These materials are used in guides and discs on textile processing machines and fiber manufacturing equipment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
CONT

Les matériaux céramiques sont utilisés pour les guides et les disques des machines de traitement textile et pour l'équipement de fabrication de fibres chimiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 1990-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ceramics (Industries)
CONT

Ceramics, one of the three major materials families, are crystalline materials composed of compounds of metallic and non-metallic elements. The ceramic family ... includes such materials as refractories, glass, brick, cement and plaster, abrasives, sanitaryware, dinnerware, artware, porcelain enamel, ferroelectrics, ferrites and dielectric insulators. ... other materials ... are often included in this family. These are carbon and graphite, mica and asbestos. Also, intermetallic compounds, such as aluminides and beryllides ... and cermets ... The major difference between the common and high-grade technical ceramics is that the high-grade types do not have a glassy matrix.

CONT

advanced ceramic material

CONT

structural ceramic material

French

Domaine(s)
  • Céramique (Industries)
DEF

Matériau solide artificiel constitué de minéraux anhydres cristallisés, éventuellement associés à un phase vitreuse, formés par synthèse à haute température.

CONT

Les matériaux céramiques se distinguent par des liaisons chimiques fortes de caractère plus ou moins ionique ou covalent selon les espèces (...)

Spanish

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Record 3 1988-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metallurgy - General
  • Mining Operations
OBS

Subject-test CANMET-METALLURGY

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallurgie générale
  • Exploitation minière

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ceramic Raw Materials

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matières premières céramiques

Spanish

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