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GOMME POTENTIELLE [1 record]

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Record 1 1980-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
OBS

The gum that may be formed during prolonged storage or produced by accelerated ageing. In fact, potential gum is determined by the difference between total gum and existent gum. There exists another definition of this term in the field of petroleum products.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
OBS

Gommes qui peuvent être formées pendant un stockage prolongé ou produites par un vieillissement accéléré. En fait, les gommes potentielles se déterminent par la différence entre les gommes totales et les gommes actuelles. Dans le domaine des produits pétroliers, il existe une autre définition de ce terme.

Key term(s)
  • gomme potentielle

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