fumée de silice

English translation: fumes

08:05 Apr 8, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
French term or phrase: fumée de silice
It is about the characristic of a kind of concrete:

au moins 5% de fumée de silice
candyliu
China
Local time: 08:29
English translation:fumes
Explanation:
fumée de silice -> silica fumes

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T...
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Expialidocio (X)
France
Local time: 01:29
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fumée
fumes


Explanation:
fumée de silice -> silica fumes

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T...

Expialidocio (X)
France
Local time: 01:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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Thank all of you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steffen Walter: ... although I'd use the singular "silica fume". Cf. http://www.silicafume.org/general-silicafume.html and http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/materialsgrp/silica.h... (which also lists "microsilica" as a synonym).
3 mins
  -> Thanks! And further research confirms--it should be singular. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silica_fume

agree  Bourth (X): Singular, "silica fume".
18 mins

agree  Clair Pickworth
2 hrs

agree  Narasimhan Raghavan: Sorry for the slight delay in posting my agree!!!
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