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SUBSTANCE VOLATILE [7 records]

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Record 1 2016-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Offences and crimes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

substance volatile nocive : terme tiré du Mini-lexique sur l'environnement, surtout les aspects litigieux et reproduit avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Effects of Heat (Energy Transfer)
  • Characteristics of Coal
  • Chemical Engineering
DEF

Those products, exclusive of moisture, that are liberated by a material as gas and vapor, determined by definite prescribed methods which may vary according to the nature of the material.

OBS

In the case of coal and coke, the methods employed are those prescribed in ASTM Designation D271.

OBS

The residue is termed a coke button (in French: "bouton de coke").

CONT

It is often difficult to determine the exact cause of digester problems. Monitoring volatile solids loading, total gas production, volatile acids concentration in the digesting sludge, and percentage of carbon dioxide in the head gases are the methods most frequently employed to give advance warning of pending failure.

CONT

A sample is heated to approximately 900°C so that all the oxygen, hydrogen, sulfur and nitrogen are released as volatile matter (VM). The amount of residual char remaining is inversely proportional to the volatile matter and is called the amount of fixed carbon (FC).

OBS

volatile solid: usually used in the plural, collectively.

Key term(s)
  • volatile solid

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Effets de la chaleur (Transfert de l'énergie)
  • Caractéristiques des charbons
  • Génie chimique
CONT

Le contrôle régulier de la réduction des matières volatiles réalisée par la digestion est, avec celui de la quantité de gaz produit, la valeur chiffrée la plus aisée d'emploi pour l'établissement de statistiques de fonctionnement d'un poste de digestion.

OBS

matières volatiles; substances volatiles : pluriels d'usage.

Key term(s)
  • matière volatile
  • substance volatile

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
  • Chemistry
CONT

There are an uncounted number of readily and legally available volatile substances that can be used to achieve a state of intoxication.

CONT

Volatile substances are divided into two groups: solvents and gases. Some examples of volatile substances are model airplane glue, gasoline, paint-stripping preparations, nail polish, nail polish remover, varsol and chloroform.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
  • Chimie
CONT

On peut se procurer facilement et licitement sur le marché une infinité de substances volatiles enivrantes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
OBS

substance volatile condensable : terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie de la terminologie spatiale - CUTS.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Thermal Springs - Uses
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
CONT

This style of mineralization and alteration is thought to reflect direct input of magmatic volatiles to the hydrothermal fluids, and this input may also be responsible for significant contributions of gold ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Thermalisme
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
CONT

Ce style de minéralisation et d'altération semble refléter un afflux direct de substances volatiles magmatiques dans les fluides hydrothermaux, et cet afflux pourrait aussi être à l'origine d'une portion significative de l'or présent en solution [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 1992-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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Record 7 1992-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Experiments in Space

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace

Spanish

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