Article | REF: C5436 V1

Polymeric Thermoplastic Geomembranes

Author: Jean-Pierre GIROUD

Publication date: August 10, 2015

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6. Glossary

  • Additives: products added to the base waterproofing material (polymer or bitumen) to form the waterproof compound.

  • Assembly: all the processes used to join panels (i.e. strips and/or sheets) to form a watertight seal.

  • Calendering: a geomembrane production method that involves passing a molten waterproof compound between parallel rotating cylinders.

  • Calender: machine with cylinders used to produce geomembranes by calendering.

  • Blistering: localized swelling of the top layer of a multi-layer geomembrane caused by the expansion of gas trapped between two layers of the geomembrane, particularly gas resulting from the vaporization of liquid present...

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