ciment à bulles
English translation: cellular concrete
| 16:23 Dec 7, 2003 |
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|  Selected response from: BOB DE DENUS Local time: 03:24 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | cellular concrete |
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| 4 | porous cement |
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| 4 | bubble cement |
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| 3 | context? |
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| ciment à bulles porous cement Explanation: is probably the meaning here |
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context? Explanation: could be a surface flaw. could be air-entraining cement (including an air-entraining additive). |
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bubble cement Explanation: see Routledge's tech dictionary |
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13 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1cellular concrete Explanation: I think that what the author is trying to say is not "ciment" but "béton" or "concrete" Its interesting that both French and English laymen mix the terms ciment and concrete. They are two different things. The author has probably made this mistake as ciment which is a pulverilant dry material could not possibly be associated with "bulles" Its probably a " béton comportant des bulles" = béton cellulaire = cellular concrete. Voir explication ci-dessous. cellular concrete A lightweight product consisting of portland cement, cement-silica, cement-pozzolan, lime-pozzolan, or lime silica pastes, or pastes containing blends of these ingredients and having a homogeneous cell structure, produced by gas-forming chemical or foaming agents. Syn. aerated concrete béton cellulaire n m ... béton /résultant/ de la prise et du durcissement d'un mélange de liants hydrauliques et d'agrégats très fins. Ce mélange subit un ou plusieurs traitements mécaniques, physiques ou chimiques destinés à créer dans la masse un pourcentage de vides très important. Ces vides sont constitués de pores (ou cellules) sphériques, régulièrement répartis dans la masse du béton et tous d'égale dimension. Notes : Bétons cellulaires. Il ne s'agit pas de bétons à proprement parler mais plutôt de mortiers. Le mortier est en général constitué d'un mélange de ciment et d'un granulat fin. /.../ On additionne à ce mortier gâché fluide une matière génératrice de gaz... Ne pas confondre béton cellulaire et béton à air occlus. Syn. béton expansé n m À éviter béton alvéolaire Notes : (...)) Terme improprement utilisé pour béton cellulaire. À éviter. béton poreux Notes : Le terme «béton poreux» /.../ est quelquefois utilisé, improprement, à la place du terme technique : Béton cellulaire, à porosité fermée. À éviter. |
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