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MASSE SURFACIQUE [6 records]

Record 1 2007-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
DEF

The weight of a unit area of fabric, sheet, or web.

OBS

Examples are ounces per square yard and grams per square centimeter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
DEF

Poids par unité de surface, feuille, ou voile.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
CONT

... thermal and solar shield is mainly designed to protect greenhouses and glass architectural structures. It is made of fabrics with closed meshes ... Its surface mass in 145 g/m² and is available in 350 cm width.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
CONT

L'écran thermique et solaire [...] est destiné principalement à la protection de serres et de structures à architecture verre. II est réalisé en tissu à mailles jetées bloquées [...] Sa masse surfacique est de 145 g/m² et il est disponible en 350 cm de large.

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) Standards
OBS

Standard number: CAN/CGSB-148.1, 2-M85

French

Domaine(s)
  • Normes de l'Office des normes générales du Canada (ONGC)
OBS

Numéro de norme : CAN/CGSB-148.1, 2-M85

Spanish

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Record 4 1990-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

The proper term to represent and compare to amount of material per unit area (units are oz/yd2 or g/m2.

CONT

A geotextile or a geotextile related product should be identified by listing: (I) the kind of polymers; (II) the type of fiber or yarn ... ; (III) the type of geotextile or geotextile related product; (IV) the mass per unit area; ....

OBS

Several inappropriate terms such as "weight", "basis weight", "weight per square yard", are sometimes used instead of mass per unit area.

OBS

Basis weight: The deprecated term for mass per unit area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
CONT

Masse surfacique. Cette caractéristique est le critère d'identification des géotextiles, mesurable dans tous les laboratoires. En fixant le nombre et la surface des éprouvettes soumises à l'essai, il est possible de déterminer l'homogénéité des produits (...) Pour un géotextile déterminé, la variation des caractéristiques mécaniques et/ou hydrauliques est souvent en corrélation directe avec la variation de la masse surfacique.

Spanish

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Record 5 1982-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
OBS

Table 3-4. Units of measurement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

Tableau 3-4. Unités de mesure.

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
CONT

La masse surfacique des feuilles en élastomères relativement minces ou des supports textiles revêtus d'élastomères [...] (Bulletin mensuel de normalisation française, n° 168, juin 1967)

Spanish

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