battée

22:39 Jan 26, 2009
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French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geology / Geology
French term or phrase: battée
Les échantillons étaient tamisés sur place et concentré en quatre fractions, à savoir : battée 0.425mm, +0.425-0.71, +0.71-2.0 et +2.0-4.0mm
Kalda
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4panned concentrates
Guy Bray
3panned
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batée
panned


Explanation:
'à la batée' means 'panned', so here the fractions are perhaps panned or sorted?


    Reference: http://gdr.nrcan.gc.ca/geochem/metadata_svy_e.php?key=130022
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panned concentrates


Explanation:
produced by screening (sieving) to give several size fractions, followed by panning to concentrate the heavies. Poor French again

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