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FACTEUR CONTRACTION [1 record]

Record 1 2014-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
  • Prostheses
  • Orthoses
DEF

The ratio of the volume of a given mass of moulding material to its volume in the moulded form.

OBS

The bulk factor is also equal to the ratio of the density of the material in its moulded form to its apparent density in the unmoulded form.

OBS

bulk factor: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
  • Prothèses
  • Orthèses
DEF

Rapport du volume d'une masse donnée d'une matière à mouler à son volume sous forme moulée.

OBS

Le facteur de contraction est aussi égal au rapport de la masse volumique de la matière sous sa forme moulée à sa masse volumique apparente sous sa forme non moulée.

OBS

facteur de contraction : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
  • Prótesis
  • Ortesis
DEF

Relación entre el volumen de una masa dada del material por moldear y su volumen en forma moldeada.

OBS

El factor de contracción también es igual a la relación entre la densidad del material en su forma moldeada y su densidad aparente en forma no moldeada.

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