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Record 1 2011-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vacuum Machines
  • Aerodynamics and Theory of Gases
OBS

The gas or vapour taken up ... may be sorbed onto the external surface of a sorbent ... may penetrate into the cavities of a porous or powdered sorbent and be sorbed onto internal surfaces ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à vide
  • Théorie des gaz et aérodynamique
DEF

Pénétration dans les cavités d'un sorbant poreux ou pulvérulent, dont les dimensions de pores ne sont pas beaucoup plus grandes que les dimensions des molécules sorbées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas de vacío
  • Aerodinámica y teoría de los gases
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