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SEPARATION EFFICIENCY [3 records]

Record 1 2012-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dust Removal
  • Ore Extraction and Transport
DEF

The percentage of a specified substance retained on passage through a gas cleaning or sampling device.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dépoussiérage
  • Extraction et transport du minerai
DEF

Pourcentage de la quantité de particules retenues par un séparateur par rapport à la quantité de particules qui y pénètrent.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Eliminación del polvo
  • Extracción y transporte de minerales
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Record 2 1992-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Nuclear Science and Technology
DEF

The ratio of the difference in isotopic abundance at the inlet and the outlet of a separative element in given operating conditions to the difference which one would observe, for the same value of the abundance at the inlet, if the separation factor had its maximum theoretical value.

OBS

Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Sciences et techniques nucléaires
DEF

Rapport de la différence des teneurs isotopiques à l'entrée et à la sortie d'un élément séparateur, dans des conditions de fonctionnement données, à la différence que l'on observerait, pour une même valeur de la teneur à l'entrée, si le facteur de séparation avait sa valeur théorique maximale.

OBS

Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Distillation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distillation du pétrole

Spanish

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