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DILATANCIA [2 records]

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Record 1 2003-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rheology
  • Chemistry
DEF

The property of certain colloidal solutions of becoming solid, or setting, under pressure.

CONT

Dilatancy ... An example of this is the apparent drying out of wet sand under the pressure of the foot.

OBS

dilatancy: A name given by Osborne Reynolds to certain unexpected phenomena depending on the normal piling of granules.

CONT

Certain pastes exhibit the phenomenon known as thixotropy; ... The reverse phenomenon [is] termed dilatancy ...

OBS

dilatancy: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rhéologie
  • Chimie
DEF

Phénomène par lequel un système constitué d'une phase solide et d'une phase liquide [...], soumis à une perturbation mécanique, devient plus rigide et capable de supporter des efforts.

OBS

dilatance : Phénomène [...] permettant d'expliquer pourquoi il est plus aisé de marcher sur du sable humide que sur du sable sec [...]

OBS

dilatance : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reología
  • Química
DEF

Propiedad de ciertas suspensiones en las que la resistencia a fluir aumenta a mayor velocidad que el incremento en la velocidad de flujo.

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Record 2 1999-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Rheology
DEF

An increase in volume of the system which usually accompanies shear thickening. This term has formerly been used for the phenomenon of shear thickening.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Rhéologie
DEF

[...] augmentation du volume d'un système [...] généralement [accompagnée] d'un épaississement par cisaillement. Antérieurement, on a utilisé ce terme pour le phénomène d'épaississement par agitation.

Spanish

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