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GOMME DAMMAR [1 record]

Record 1 1998-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
  • Chemistry
DEF

A group of natural resins, less "hard" than copal but harder than oleoresin, obtained as exudations from trees, strictly of the Dipteroscarpaceae only, in S.E. Asia - particularly Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.

CONT

Dammar [is] used largely in varnishes and printing inks.

Key term(s)
  • damar resin
  • dammer resin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
  • Chimie
DEF

Nom commun à diverses oléorésines, extractives ou le plus souvent fossiles, fournies par des conifères et des diptérocarpacées d'Indonésie, Inde, Asie du Sud-Est, Nouvelle-Zélande et Australie.

CONT

La résine de dammar [...] sert de matière première dans la fabrication des vernis, peintures, linoléums [...]

Spanish

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