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BAJA CALIENTE [3 records]

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Record 1 2016-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

[A] hydrous silicate of aluminium, iron, and magnesium, occurring in small foliated scales.

OBS

Sometimes used as a textural material in painting, or as an aggregate in certain plaster formulations used in sculpture.

OBS

vermiculite: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Minéral argileux, fréquent dans les sols des régions tempérées, comme les sols bruns, et provenant de la transformation ménagée des micas au cours de la formation du sol.

OBS

vermiculite : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Filosilicato de magnesio, que puede tener como impurezas aluminio, hierro y otros elementos.

OBS

Plaquitas de porosidad elevada; densidad baja; soluble en ácido sulfúrico caliente concentrado; insoluble en agua y disolventes orgánicos.

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Record 2 - external organization data 2011-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Geochemistry
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Universal entry(ies)
Sn
symbol
7440-31-5
CAS number
DEF

A soft, faintly bluish-white metallic element in the fourth group of the periodic system [which is] obtained as a soft crystalline metal, is malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when hot, [and which] sometimes occurs native ...

OBS

stannum: The chemical Latin name for tin. (Hence the symbol Sn.) Rare in English context.

OBS

tin: form recommended by the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) for the systematic name corresponding to the CAS number indicated on the present record; term adopted by Environment Canada, used in the list of pollutants measured in the National Air Pollution Surveillance Network (NAPS).

PHR

Tin flake, powder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Géochimie
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Sn
symbol
7440-31-5
CAS number
DEF

Métal blanc vif, très malléable, du système cristallin quadratique, [...] plus dur que le plomb mais moins dense, et [qui] ne s'oxyde presque pas à l'air.

OBS

Élément de numéro atomique 50 et de masse atomique 118,69.

OBS

étain : forme recommandée par l'UICPA (Union internationale de chimie pure et appliquée) pour le nom systématique correspondant au numéro CAS indiqué sur la présente fiche; terme retenu par Environnement Canada, utilisé dans la liste des polluants mesurés par le Réseau national de surveillance de la pollution atmosphérique (RNSPA).

OBS

Sn : Symbole chimique, du nom latin (stannum).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Geoquímica
  • Compartimiento - Comisión Canadiense de Seguridad Nuclear
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Sn
symbol
7440-31-5
CAS number
DEF

Elemento químico de símbolo Sn, número atómico 50, masa atómica 118.69 ± 3 y configuración electrónica (Kr)4d10 5s² 5p², con 37 nucleidos, 10 de los cuales son estables.

OBS

Blanco plateado, sólido dúctil. Soluble en ácidos y solución de hidróxido potásico caliente. Insoluble en agua. El estaño elemental posee baja toxicidad.

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Record 3 2004-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Any depression which is warmer than its surroundings at corresponding atmospheric levels.

Key term(s)
  • warm core low
  • warm depression
  • warm-core depression
  • warm core depression
  • warm core cyclone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Toute dépression qui est plus chaude que son voisinage à un niveau correspondant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
DEF

Depresión atmosférica cuya temperatura es más alta [...] que la de las masas de aire de su entorno.

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