Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

vapeur relatif

English translation:

relative vapo(u)r pressure

Added to glossary by Mark Hemming
Apr 5, 2015 19:46
9 yrs ago
French term

vapeur relatif

French to English Tech/Engineering Engineering: Industrial Industrial fermentation process
Listed as the design pressure for an industrial fermentation device, which is given as "3 bars vapeur relatif"

Merci en avance!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 relative vapo(u)r pressure

Discussion

Mark Hemming (asker) Apr 6, 2015:
Hi Marco,

The full sentence (lacking in more context, sadly) is *Pression de calcul: 3 bars vapeur relatif.
Marco Solinas Apr 6, 2015:
To: Asker Can you post the full sentence? Is there anything after "vapeur relatif?" Does it say "relatif" or relative?

Proposed translations

+3
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relative vapo(u)r pressure

Relative volatility is defined as follows:
eleceng.dit.ie/gavin/Distillation/Relative%20volatility.htm
This means that the relative volatility is the same as the relative vapour pressure or ratio of vapour pressures. If we know the vapour pressures we can determine ...
274. Relative vapour pressure and aqueous solubility of the ...
xlink.rsc.org › Journals › Journal of the Chemical...
by R Wright - ‎1936
Relative Vafiour Pressure and Aqueous Solubility etc. 1279 274. Belative Vapur Pressure and Aqueous Solubility of the Solid-solution System ...
vapour pressure lowering or relative vapour pressure ...
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Advances in Environmental Geotechnics: Proceedings of the ...
https://books.google.cl/books?isbn=3642044603
Yunmin Chen, ‎Xiaowu Tang, ‎Liangtong Zhan - 2011 - ‎Science
... terms of the relative vapour pressure (i.e. relative humidity) of the air above the evaporating soil and water surfaces and Lord Kelvin's total potential equation.
CHEMICAL PROCESS CALCULATIONS
https://books.google.cl/books?isbn=812034782X
D. C. SIKDAR - 2013 - ‎Technology & Engineering
... pressure of the solution is called Relative vapour pressure. The relative vapour pressure of the solution can be calculated using the following equation P = kP.
STOICHIOMETRY AND PROCESS CALCULATIONS
https://books.google.cl/books?isbn=8120329929
K. V. NARAYANAN, ‎B. LAKSHMIKUTTY - 2006 - ‎Technology & Engineering
... Assume that the relative vapour pressure is independent of temperature. Solution The relative vapour pressure of a.
Peer comment(s):

agree narasimha (X)
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agree Lucy O'Shea
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agree chris collister : where "relative" is, of course, relative to 1 standard atmosphere
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