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WATER SOFTENER [2 records]

Record 1 2011-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Chemistry)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
DEF

A tank or other container in which water is filtered through any of various chemicals for softening.

OBS

water softener; softener: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Chimie)
  • Traitement des eaux
DEF

Appareil permettant d'adoucir une eau par un procédé chimique ou par échange d'ions.

OBS

Pour l'usage domestique, de petits adoucisseurs peuvent être branchés directement sur les robinets.

OBS

adoucisseur; adoucisseur d'eau : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo (Química)
  • Tratamiento del agua
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Record 2 1994-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

There are also one or two substances [...] which [...] help give clean negatives. These include water softeners like Calgon (sodium hexametaphosphate) [...] Calgon prevents the formation of a precipitate in a developer solution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
CONT

Le plus utilisé est l'hexamétaphosphate de sodium (ou calgon), qui [...] empêche la précipitation des sels de calcium qui se déposent sur l'émulsion.

Spanish

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