Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
antidezincificazione
English translation:
anti-dezincification
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Cedric Randolph
Mar 13, 2010 15:13
14 yrs ago
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antidezincificazione
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Help....here is the context sentence from a pipe manufacturer manual:
Ottone antidezincificazione, resistente alla corrosione anche in presenza di acque particolarmente aggressive;
Has anyone out there translated this word? I can't seem to find it anywhere except in Italian. I'm going to keep looking.
TYIA
Ottone antidezincificazione, resistente alla corrosione anche in presenza di acque particolarmente aggressive;
Has anyone out there translated this word? I can't seem to find it anywhere except in Italian. I'm going to keep looking.
TYIA
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anti-dezincification
taken from marolli. I do not tink that dezincification-proof would fit somehow. I also have my doubts as to why it is anti when there is a DE in front but this is what your Italian text says.
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Alfredo Tutino
: anti-de because it prevents (anti) loss (de) of zinc from alloy. For "dezincificazione, see http://www.ing.unitn.it/~colombo/OTTONERICA/Ottoni_files/Pag...
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axies
: I believe that zinc (alloy) is used to prevent the corrosion of brass.
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