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HYDROFLUORIC-HYDROCHLORIC ACID [1 record]

Record 1 2000-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A mixture of hydrochloric and hydrofluoric acids and surfactants, used to effect mud removal from the wellbore.

Key term(s)
  • hydrofluoric-hydrochloric acid

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Produit chimique utilisé pour effectuer le décapage des parois d'un sondage.

CONT

[Pour] éliminer le cake formant sur les parois du forage une croûte étanche. [...] On résolve le cake par voie chimique au moyen d'un «acide à boue». Celui-ci est un mélange d'acides chlorhydrique et fluorhydrique (à la rigueur, un fluorate peut remplacer ce dernier).

Spanish

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