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WOOD FIBRE [10 records]

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Record 1 2015-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Wood Products
OBS

The Canadian Wood Fibre Centre (CWFC) is a virtual centre within the Natural Resources Canada–Canadian Forest Service (NRCan-CFS) with employees distributed across the country. As part of its mandate, it provides FPInnovations with forest-level research services (also known as upstream research).

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Wood Fibre Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Produits du bois
OBS

Le Centre canadien sur la fibre de bois (CCFB) est un centre virtuel au sein du Service canadien des forêts de Ressources naturelles Canada (SCF–RNCan) dont les employés sont répartis à la grandeur du pays. Une partie de son mandat est d’offrir à FPInnovations des services de recherche sur les forêts (également appelée la recherche en amont).

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Concrete
DEF

A mill-mixed concrete containing wood fiber.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de béton
DEF

béton hydraulique dont l'agrégat est constitué de fibres de bois.

CONT

Les bétons légers à base de fibre de bois sont composés de fibre de bois liée au ciment Portland ou au ciment magnésium. Ces bétons présentent une faible masse volumique (...) et une très faible conduction thermique.

Key term(s)
  • béton de fibre de bois
  • béton de fibres de bois

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Products
  • Raw Materials (Pulp and Paper)
CONT

A material in which the wood is reduced to predominantly individual fibres by mechanical or chemical means, or a combination of the two.

Key term(s)
  • wood fiber

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits du bois
  • Matières premières (Pâtes et papier)
DEF

Matériau obtenu par réduction du bois suivant un procédé mécanique ou chimique ou par la combinaison des deux.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Water Pollution
CONT

Thick beds of wood fibre steal oxygen from the water on the ocean floor near pulp and paper mills. An estimated 34 square km of Pacific seabed have been suffocated by the gooey, white mats. The industry has cut wood-fibre discharges, but the fibre beds persist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Pollution de l'eau

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
CONT

Fiber: A general term of convenience for any long, narrow cell of wood or bast, other than vessel elements and parenchyma ... Often qualified as wood fibers (i.e. of the xylem) and bast fibers (of the phloem), the former including both the tracheids of Gymnospermae and the libriform wood-fibers and fiber-tracheids of woody Angiospermae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

Cellule longue et étroite, autre que les éléments de vaisseau et de parenchyme, disposée parallèlement à l'axe de l'arbre.

OBS

Sont comprises dans les fibres du bois, les trachéides des conifères et des feuillus.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
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Record 6 2001-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
  • Thermal Insulation
CONT

Acoustical Ceilings. The acoustical performance of ceiling tile is generated from a variety of materials and finishes. Acoustical ceiling products available: Sonex Ceilings, Tecnifoam, Wood Fiber Tile.

CONT

Sound absorption test. Sample: Masonite wood fibre tile.

CONT

ROMINA-l - Co. ... Heat and sound insulations (ISOVER, HERAKLIT, RICOFON, STYRODUR), waterproofing materials BITUVER, false ceilings, luminaires ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
  • Isolation thermique
Key term(s)
  • Heraklit
  • carreau de fibres de bois
  • carreau isolant de fibres de bois

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
  • Thermal Insulation
  • Wood Products
CONT

Fig. 3 gives the advantages, disadvantages, and details for using insulation materials in blankets. These types of insulation materials are made of mineral wool, wood-fiber matt, cotton, or fibrous blankets.

Key term(s)
  • wood-fibre matt
  • wood fibre matt
  • wood fiber matt
  • wood fibre-blanket
  • wood fiber blanket
  • wood-fiber blanket

French

Domaine(s)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
  • Isolation thermique
  • Produits du bois
DEF

Matelas isolant constitué de minces copeaux de bois agglomérés pour obtenir un tapis.

Key term(s)
  • matelas de fibre de bois

Spanish

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Record 8 1999-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
DEF

An elongated, commonly thick-walled cell with simple pits.

OBS

Generally distinctly longer than the cambial initial, as inferred from the length of vessel members and parenchyma strands.

Key term(s)
  • libriform wood-fibre
  • libriform wood fiber
  • libriform wood fibre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

Cellule allongée, ordinairement à parois épaisses avec des ponctuations simples; habituellement franchement plus longue que l'initiale du cambium à en juger d'après la longueur des éléments vasculaires et des files de cellules de parenchyme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
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Record 9 1999-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Binders and Mastics (Constr.)
OBS

Plastering.

Key term(s)
  • gypsum wood fiber plaster
  • gypsum wood-fibre plaster
  • gypsum wood fibre plaster

French

Domaine(s)
  • Liants et mastics (Construction)
OBS

Enduits, plâtrage.

Spanish

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Record 10 1993-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

Statistics Canada monthly publication 36-002.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
OBS

Publication mensuelle 36-002 de Statistique Canada.

Spanish

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