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AQUADAG [3 records]

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Record 1 2011-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Petrochemistry
OBS

Trademark for a dispersal of colloidal graphite in water.

OBS

Aquadag®: A trademark of Acheson Industries.

Key term(s)
  • Aquadag

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Chimie du pétrole
OBS

Dénomination commerciale d'un graphite colloïdal utilisé comme lubrifiant.

OBS

Aquadag : Marque de commerce de la société Acheson Industries.

Key term(s)
  • Aquadag

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vacuum Tubes (Electronics)
DEF

An electron tube sensitive to ultra-violet radiation, used in the C7012 Purple Peeper Ultraviolet Flame Detectors. When saturated with ultraviolet radiation, this tube delivers less than 1 microwatt to the flame signal amplifier.

OBS

aquadag: graphite coating on the inside of certain cathode-ray tubes for collecting secondary electrons emitted by the face of the tube.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tubes et lampes (Électronique)
OBS

Aquadag : (marque déposée) solution colloïdale de graphite utilisée principalement pour former une couche conductrice sur la face intérieure de la partie conique d'un tube-image pour faciliter l'écoulement des électrons secondaires émis par la couche fluorescente.

OBS

Aquadag / Aquadag.

Key term(s)
  • tube image revêtu d'Aquadag
  • tube Aquadag
  • Aquadag

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vacuum Tubes (Electronics)
DEF

Trademark of Acheson Industries, Inc. A conductive graphite coating on the inner side walls of some cathode-ray tubes.

OBS

It serves as an electrostatic shield or as a postdeflection and an accelerating anode. Also applied to outer walls and grounded; here it serves, with the inner coating, as a capacitor to filter the applied high voltage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tubes et lampes (Électronique)
DEF

Solution colloïdale de graphite pouvant servir à enduire des isolants pour les rendre plus ou moins conducteurs (intérieur de tubes cathodiques - fuite d'anode).

CONT

L'intérieur de la partie tronconique est recouvert d'un graphitage interne porté à la même tension que l'anode terminale.

OBS

Cette solution sert aussi à provoquer des pertes volontaires dans certains isolants (atténuateurs).

OBS

aquadag : employé comme nom, ce mot est vraisemblablement masculin; cependant, il reste encore à le confirmer.

Spanish

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