Glossary entry

Italiano term or phrase:

fango mercuriale

Inglese translation:

mercury sludge

Added to glossary by Yani
Dec 14, 2002 18:25
22 yrs ago
Italiano term

fango mercuriale

Da Italiano a Inglese Tecnico/Meccanico industria petrolifera
Capo cantiere presso EniChem per la bonifica di serbatoi di acido solforico e soda, la bonifica di vasche contenenti fanghi mercuriali, la bonifica di vasche di equalizzazione in esercizio.

Proposed translations

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mercury sludge

mercurial è molto insolito in inglese in questo contesto(è usato ad esempio in campo medico). Fango mercuriale non è altro che fango contenente mercurio. Su Google si trovano molte hit anche per "mercury-laced sludge"
Peer comment(s):

agree Elisabeth Ghysels : mercury-laced sludge
35 min
agree Catherine Bolton : Yes! Check this US link: www.greenaction.org/press/latimes040199.shtml
11 ore
agree Sarah Ponting : your point about mercurial being vewry unusual in this context is correct and the few websites that use the term are not English
17 ore
agree Angela Rossoni
1 giorno 9 ore
agree gmel117608
9 giorni
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Ti ringrazio per la tua risposta che mi sembra la più esauriente ed esatta. Grazie ed augurissimi!! Yani"
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mercurial sludge

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Note added at 2002-12-14 18:34:14 (GMT)
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To external public waste dump. (1.1 tonnes
of calomel, intermediate storage, is to be
deposited internally –

8.1 tonnes of
mercurial sludge is to be sent to an
external public waste dump, Langøya):

http://www.norzink.no/pdf/hse01.pdf

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Note added at 2002-12-14 18:34:57 (GMT)
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(They included other poisonous heavy metals and chemicals, such as selenium, thallium and manganese.) The total amount of methyl mercury released is estimated at 400--600 tons. It is widely believed that all the mercurial sludge at the sea bottom cannot be recovered.

http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~soshisha/koushoukan/koujoukara_e.ht...
Peer comment(s):

agree Gian
36 min
agree Nancy Arrowsmith
4 ore
agree Teresa DelGiudice
6 ore
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8 min

mercury mud

Auguri,

Nikolaus
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