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POF [4 records]

Record 1 2013-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Administration
  • Military Training
DEF

The period of time and process required for the qualification of an individual at the OFP [operationally functional point].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration militaire
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
DEF

Période de temps et processus requis pour qu'un militaire soit qualifié au POF [point opérationnel fonctionnel].

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

An alternative to chalk. Resin (or "pine tree resin" to use its full name) is made from the yucky stuff that sticks to your hands when you touch a pine tree. Because resin is mostly colorless, it is preferred to chalk in some areas. But caution: Don't let the color fool you. Resin can do permanent damage to the rock and in fact is not allowed anywhere in the US for that reason.

CONT

Resign bag. It is a large cloth with powdered resin placed in the middle, tied with a string and used for "thwacking" against holds for extra adhesion.

OBS

According to Gary Norton, Director of the Alpine Club of Canada in Toronto, it is the same kind of resin used in baseball (rosin), a solid piece broken down into powder; it improves grip.

OBS

Not common in Britain although very popular in the rest of Europe ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

Poudre de résine utilisée en bloc afin d’augmenter l’adhérence du rocher.

CONT

La colophane porte communément le nom de pof pour les grimpeurs en escalade, en raison de l'utilisation de la colophane dans un chiffon frappé sur les prises de blocs et de falaises; la colophane est alors sous forme de poudre. Cette résine a les propriétés de coller et d’imperméabiliser.

CONT

pof : sac de résine(colophane) ne pas confondre avec le sac de magnésie(mgo2), absorbeur d’humidité.

OBS

On la place en boule dans un chiffon, puis on tapote le rocher après l’avoir nettoyé.

OBS

Le terme «pof» recouvre deux notions différentes au Québec et en France. La notion décrite sur cette fiche n’ est pas utilisée en Amérique du Nord. Certains grimpeurs québécois utilisent toutefois ce terme comme synonyme de «magnésie».

Key term(s)
  • colophane

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Deportes de montaña
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Record 3 2010-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Geochemistry
  • Medication
Universal entry(ies)
Mg(HCO3)2
formula, see observation
CONT

... Calcium and Magnesium react with other chemicals in the water. The warm water acts as a catalyst and increases the number of reactions depending on the concentration of calcium and magnesium. The reaction which takes place is the dissociation of calcium hydrocarbonate, formula: Ca(HC03) and magnesium hydrocarbonate, formula: Mg(HC0[susbcript 3])2. Both of these are soluble solids, which means they can dissolve when put in water. When these two soluble salts dissociate, they form carbon dioxide (a gas), which is released from the water, and calcium and magnesium carbonate. These two compounds are not soluble and are therefore taken out of solution. And it is these substances that cause the filmy, fuzzy crud on the glass of your aquarium when the water evaporates.

CONT

San Marcos River Basin. The lithology and the water flow conditions are the major factors that determine the chemical composition of the waters and the hydrogeochemical patterns. We can distinguish the following water types: sodium calcium hydrocarbonate for waters from the sedimentary-effusive rocks, magnesium hydrocarbonate for the waters which originate in the ultrabasic massif, and calcium hydrocarbonate for that waters which flow in the karst areas (at the source, caves, exsurgences and springs from the saturation zone).

OBS

magnesium hydrocarbonate: traditional name, to be avoided.

OBS

Chemical formula: Mg(HCO3)2

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Géochimie
  • Médicaments
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Mg(HCO3)2
formula, see observation
CONT

(Matériel pour le grimpeur) sac à pof : petit sac dans lequel le grimpeur met du pof(poudre de résine) ou de la magnésie(hydrocarbonate de magnésium) afin d’absorber la transpiration des mains et d’éviter que celle-ci le fasse glisser.

OBS

hydrocarbonate de magnésium : nom traditionnel, à éviter.

OBS

Formule chimique : Mg(HCO3)2

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

... a large cloth with powdered resin placed in the middle, tied with a string and used for "thwacking" against holds for extra adhesion.

OBS

Since resin is not used for rock-climbing in North America, the concept of resin bag is not part of the North American terminology.

OBS

Resin bag. This is not common in Britain although very popular in the rest of Europe, particularly at ... Fontainebleau near Paris.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

[...] petit sac dans lequel le grimpeur met du pof(poudre de résine) ou de la magnésie(hydrocarbonate de magnésium) afin d’absorber la transpiration des mains et d’éviter que celle-ci le fasse glisser.

CONT

L'appellation «sac à pof» pour «sacs à magnésie» est un terme impropre. Le pof est mis en boule dans un chiffon; en tapotant, ce chiffon sur le rocher, il s’y dépose du pof.

CONT

pof : sac de résine(colophane). Ne pas confondre avec le sac de magnésie(mgo2), absorbeur d’humidité.

OBS

Cette notion n’est pas utilisée en Amérique du Nord, elle ne fait donc pas partie de la terminologie du domaine de l’escalade pratiquée au Québec.

Spanish

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