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CHARBON MENU [4 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
  • Lignite, Graphite and Coal Mining
DEF

Small or refuse coal ...

Key term(s)
  • coal-sleck
  • sleck coal
  • sleck

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
  • Exploit. de charbons fossiles autres que la tourbe
DEF

Charbon en menus morceaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Combustibles fósiles sólidos
  • Explotación de lignito, grafito y carbón
DEF

Escoria muy pequeña.

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Record 2 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
  • Lignite, Graphite and Coal Mining
CONT

Coal dust is a fine powder form of coal. Because of the brittle nature of coal, coal dust may occur during mining or transportation, or whenever coal is handled mechanically.

Key term(s)
  • coal sleck
  • sleck coal
  • sleck

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
  • Exploit. de charbons fossiles autres que la tourbe
CONT

Les briquettes et les boulets sont des agglomérés de poussier de houille.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Combustibles fósiles sólidos
  • Explotación de lignito, grafito y carbón
DEF

Escoria muy pequeña.

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Record 3 2006-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Mining of Organic Materials
  • Coal Preparation
DEF

A tank, forming part of the water circuit, in which slurry or small coal settles and is removed continuously by means of a scraper chain or scraper buckets.

OBS

drag tank: [deprecated]; smudge sump: [deprecated].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Exploitation de matières organiques (Mines)
  • Préparation des charbons
DEF

Réservoir placé dans le circuit d’eau, dans lequel des schlamms ou du menu charbon se déposent et sont enlevés continuellement par une chaîne racleuse ou des godets racleurs.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lignite, Graphite and Coal Mining
DEF

The small coal or dirt produced by the picks of a coal cutter.

OBS

gummings: term rarely used in the singular (gumming).

Key term(s)
  • gumming

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploit. de charbons fossiles autres que la tourbe

Spanish

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