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YESO MOLIDO [2 records]

Record 1 2024-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
CONT

Ground gypsum is found throughout the industrial world, doing everything from a fire retardant flooring to cleaning our teeth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
CONT

Le gypse broyé est utilisé en amendement sur terrains agricoles en apportant une correction des sols salins, alcalins ou acides. Il entre également dans la composition des engrais aux superphosphates.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
CONT

El yeso es sulfato de cal. En esas comarcas, después de la fermentación se echaba yeso molido de cristales de la tierra.

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Record 2 2016-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cement Industry
  • Binders and Mastics (Constr.)
  • Masonry Materials
OBS

Quick-setting, white, hard-finish plaster, which produces a wall of extreme durability. It is made by soaking plaster of paris in a solution of alum or borax and cream of tartar.

Key term(s)
  • Keene cement

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cimenterie
  • Liants et mastics (Construction)
  • Matériaux de maçonnerie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria del cemento
  • Argamasas y masillas (Construcción)
  • Materiales de albañilería
DEF

Cemento obtenido por la inmersión de yeso hemihidratado en una disolución de alumbre, coción del mismo, previamente desecado al aire y molido fino.

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