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Application
An industrial process, an equipment or a medical device using a gas or a gas
mixture
Auto-ignition temperature
It is the temperature from which a substance spontaneously
ignites in air, in the absence of an external energy source. This
parameter depends on the pressure and composition of the
mixture in air. The autoignition temperature depends on the
equivalent ratio and there is a minimum. This minimum value is
considered to be the combustible's minimum self-ignition
temperature in air, and is referenced in the tables.
Bleaching
The action of using chemicals to whiten and/or desinfect matter such as chlothing,
wood pulp and material surfaces.
Carrier Gas
The gas used to carry vapor through the column of a gas-liquid chromatograph,
known as the mobile phase
CAS number
The Chemicals Abstracts Service (CAS) assigns this number to
each chemical substance, whether it is a specific molecule, a
mixture of isomers, or a product created from a defined industrial
process. Considering the complexity of the chemical
nomenclature and the possibility to designate a chemical
substance by several names, the CAS number makes it possible to
identify each compound without any ambiguity.
Critical Point
This point is defined by a temperature and a pressure at which, for
a pure substance, the properties of the two phases (liquid and
vapor) are identical. On a phase equilibrium diagram, it is the
highest temperature and pressure of the Liquid-Vapor saturation
curve.
Cryo-condensation
The use of termperatures below -150°C to condense organic compounds

contained in air or in a gas mixture with objective to clean the gas and/or to
recycle the organic compounds.
Decarburisation
The metallurgy process of reducing the carbon content of a metals, usually steel.
Etching
In this process, a chemical is used to removed layers from the surface of a metal
surface. A masking material is used to protect the surface not to be removed.
Originally used to create artistic printing, it is today a key process for the
fabrication of semi-conductors.
Lyophilization
A process used to preserve a perishable product or make material more

convenient for transport by removing the water in contain. Also called freeze-
drying, it is taking place in two steps : first the material is frozen, and then the
surrounding pressure is lowered so as to release the solid water as gas
(sublimation).
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Metathesis
A chemical reaction between two species that entails the redistribution of chemical
bonds. In olefin metathesis, fragment of alkenes are redistributed between two
species by the scission and formation of carbon-carbon double bonds.
Oxycutting
In oxy-fuel cutting, a torch is used to heat metal to is autoignition temperature. A

stream of oxygen in trained on the metal along the cutting line. The metal
once burnt, flows out as a metal oxide slag.
Reflow Soldering
Reflow soldering is a method of assembling metal components on a circuit board

surface
Supercritical
When taken above its critical temperature and pressure, a gas is becoming a

supercritical fluid, combining liquid and gas properties.

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Triple Point
In a pressure-temperature phase diagram, the triple point is
defined by the pressure and temperature at which a pure
substance (one sort of molecule) can be together liquid, gas and
solid. Its three physical states coexist. The three phrase equilibrium
curves (Liquid/Vapor, Solid/Liquid and Solid/Vapor) meet at the
triple point.
UN Code
A Substance ID Code for goods whose transport is regulated. It is expressed as a a
four digit ID number, as for example : the UN code for argon in a gaseous state is
UN1006 and in a refrigerated liquid state is UN1951.
Wafer
A wafer is a thin (less than 1 mm) circular (typically from 25 to 300 mm) slide of
semiconductor material such as crystalline silicon. Wafer are used for the
fabrication of integrated circuits, semiconductor devices (transistors, ...) and
photovoltaic cells

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What is the definition of auto-ignition temperature?

What is the difference between cryo-condensation and lyophilization?

A useful deﬁnition is missing ? Contact us via the link at the bottom.

The use of termperatures below -150°C to condense organic compounds

A process used to preserve a perishable product or make material more

In oxy-fuel cutting, a torch is used to heat metal to is autoignition temperature. A

Reﬂow soldering is a method of assembling metal components on a circuit board

When taken above its critical temperature and pressure, a gas is becoming a

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