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DURCISSEMENT LENT [3 records]

Record 1 2013-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glues and Adhesives (Industries)
CONT

Glue liquid standard slow setting 1 gal container.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Colles et adhésifs (Industries)
OBS

[Les colles polyuréthanes] fréquemment livrées en deux composants, durcissent lentement à la température ambiante.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glues and Adhesives (Industries)
CONT

Glue liquid standard slow setting 1 gal container.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Colles et adhésifs (Industries)
OBS

[Les colles polyuréthanes] fréquemment livrées en deux composants : durcissent lentement à la température ambiante.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
  • Painting (Arts)
  • Restoration of Works of Art (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

Paint film condition in which the surface is cracked and develops an appearance somewhat similar to the skin on the back of an alligator.

DEF

A pattern of drying cracks that resemble alligator skin and that are associated with the different drying rates of the paint layers. The cracks have round edges and are often wide, exposing paint or ground layers below.

OBS

crocodiling: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • alligator crack

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
  • Peinture (Arts)
  • Restauration d'œuvres d'art (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Défaut de surface provoqué par l'application d’une couche à durcissement rapide sur une couche à durcissement lent.

OBS

La locution française la plus approchée est «peau de crapaud».

OBS

peau de crocodile : terme normalisé par l’ISO et l’AFNOR.

Key term(s)
  • lézardage

Spanish

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