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BLOWING AGENT [2 records]

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Record 1 2021-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

A substance used to cause expansion in the manufacture of hollow or cellular articles.

OBS

Blowing agents can be compressed gases, volatile liquids or chemicals that decompose or react to form a gas.

OBS

blowing agent: designation and definition standardized by ISO; designation standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Substance utilisée pour provoquer l'expansion d'articles creux ou alvéolaires.

OBS

Les gonflants peuvent être des gaz comprimés, des liquides volatils, ou des produits chimiques qui se décomposent ou entrent en réaction pour former un gaz.

OBS

gonflant; agent d'expansion : désignations et définition normalisées par l'ISO.

OBS

agent de gonflement : désignation normalisée par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
DEF

Sustancia que se usa para causar la expansión en la fabricación de artículos huecos o celulares.

OBS

Los agentes de soplado pueden ser gases comprimidos, líquidos volátiles o químicos que se descomponen o reaccionan para formar un gas.

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Record 2 2021-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
DEF

A substance which, when introduced in a liquid, confers on it an ability to form a foam ...

OBS

foaming agent: designation standardized by ISO and officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

OBS

foamer: designation standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
CONT

Le contenu d'un extincteur à mousse (pulvérisateur) est constitué d'eau et d'un agent moussant. Ce dernier recouvre le feu et le refroidit.

OBS

moussant; agent moussant : désignations uniformisées par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
DEF

Agente tensoactivo que, añadido en pequeñas cantidades, facilita la formación de espuma o mejora su estabilidad por inhibición de la coalescencia de las burbujas.

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