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QUALITE COMMERCIALE [3 records]

Record 1 2016-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Iron and Steel
OBS

A designation of a grade of steel suitable for moderate forming processes. Material of this quality is ductile enough to be bent flat on itself in any direction in a standard bending process. The term is commonly used to designate mild steel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sidérurgie

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Standards and Regulations (Chemistry)
OBS

grade. Purity standards for chemicals and chemical products established by various specifications.

OBS

commercial. ... E(1): of the kind or quality used in commerce (2): of an average or inferior quality (commercial oxalic acid) (commercial grade of beef).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Normes et réglementation (Chimie)
OBS

qualité : Critère permettant de distinguer, de hiérarchiser dans une même gamme de produits; catégorie (avec un adj., une apposition ou un compl.) [...]

OBS

L'équivalent français «qualité commerciale» est correct mais peu usité; on aura plutôt recours en français à l'adjectif «commercial» ou «du commerce», tout court, apposé au produit dont il est question. Ex. : acide commercial (ou du commerce), solution commerciale (ou du commerce).

Key term(s)
  • commercial
  • du commerce

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metallurgy - General
  • The Product (Marketing)
CONT

Commercial grades of copper. The purest commercial grades are electrolytic and low resistivity lake copper, both of which are more than 99.9 per cent pure.... A grade of copper known as fire refined other than lake ... is used for rolling into sheets.... A third grade, arsenical or high resistance lake copper, may contain as much as 0.50 per cent of arsenic.... About twenty grades of copper are furnished for special uses....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallurgie générale
  • Produit (Commercialisation)
CONT

Les différentes qualités commerciales de cuivre se distinguent essentiellement par leurs teneurs résiduelles en oxygène et en phosphore (...)

OBS

Le cuivre et les alliages de cuivre font l'objet des normes ISO du domaine 140 groupe 3080.

Spanish

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