Russfahnen
English translation: soot plumes
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| 03:18 Apr 11, 2005 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Science - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng / candlemaking | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Ken Cox Local time: 13:24 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | soot deposits |
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| 3 +1 | carbon black soot/carbon black particulate |
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| 4 | soot plumes |
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10 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| Rußfahne carbon black soot/carbon black particulate Explanation: I think you can disregard '-fahne', it just means that some candles produce a carbon black soot, or carbon black particulate when burned. Reference: http://ww.care2.com/channels/solutions/self/103 Reference: http://www.coolcatcandles.com/index.cfm/fa/pages.main/pageID... |
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| russfahnen soot deposits Explanation: is what I'd go for - they do mention a filter, don't they.... |
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7 hrs confidence:
| russfahnen soot plumes Explanation: Particularly if they're talking about the flame of the candle, rather than the deposits on the filter, although 'plume' is also used to describe a plume-shaped deposit. refs: PDF] Two-dimensional two-wavelength emission technique for soot diagnostics ... 3, the soot plume. expanded to nearly the whole flame volume, with the exception of its lower part. The major amount of soot ... ao.osa.org/ViewMedia.cfm?id=65437&seq=0 [PDF] CRREL Format ... the snow surface was identified by the presence of a black soot plume. ...within the soot plume and three snow samples were collected from the walls of ... www.crrel.usace.army.mil/techpub/ CRREL_Reports/reports/TR03-16.pdf |
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