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French: attaque du cuivre

English translation: copper etching







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French term or phrase:attaque du cuivre
English translation:copper etching
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Tech/Engineering - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng / chemical
French term or phrase: attaque du cuivre
This is about the manufacture of copper electrodes used in electrolysis; here they are cooled in an alcohol bath and...

On évite ainsi la formation sur leur périphérie d'une couche isolante qui serait nuisible à l'attaque du cuivre lors de l'électrolyse.

If the electrodes were cooled in open air they would develop this layer that would be harmful to what? "Attaque" certainly doesn't mean "attack."
Alexandru Pojoga
Romania
etching
Explanation:
see link
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truptee
India
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5 +1that would jeopardize copper etching
xxxsarahl
5Corrosion / oxidationzaphod
4 +1etching
truptee


  


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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
etching

Explanation:
see link


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truptee
India
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
that would jeopardize copper etching

Explanation:
chemical reaction


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xxxsarahl
United States
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Corrosion / oxidation

Explanation:
as additions to etching

zaphod
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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