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Urban cold network (distribution network)

Author: Renaud FEIDT

Publication date: April 10, 2017

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7. Glossary

Surfactant

A surfactant used to modify the surface tension between two surfaces, e.g. to make two phases miscible.

Lyophilic; lyophilique

Chemical element that can promote freeze-drying within a solution.

Lyophobic; lyophobic

Chemical element which is unfavorable to the freeze-drying phenomenon within a solution.

Lyophilization; freeze-drying

Desiccation (removal of water) of a previously frozen product, by sublimation (direct passage of a body from a solid to a gaseous state).

Tetradecane; tetradecane

A linear alkane of the formula C 14 H 30 .

Hexadecane;...

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