4. Glossary

Analyse thermique différentielle; differential thermal analysis

Analytical technique involving monitoring the temperature difference between the sample under study and an inert control body.

Diffraction; diffraction

Deflecting the propagation of waves when they encounter an obstacle, a liquid or solid body.

Spectrométrie infrarouge; infrared spectrometry

Measurement of a substance's absorption of infrared radiation that modifies the vibrational energies of the substance's interatomic bonds.

Spectrométrie Raman; Raman spectrometry

Measurement of the inelastic scattering (interaction with energy exchange) of monochromatic radiation by a substance, using in particular the frequency shift of lines related to the vibrational...

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Bibliography

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Standards and norms

CEN. – Unfired pressure vessels, Part 1: General. AFNOR. - NF EN 13445-1 - 2018
CEN. – Unfired pressure vessels, Part 2: materials. AFNOR. - NF EN 13445-2 - 2018
CEN. – Unfired pressure vessels, Part 3: design. AFNOR. - NF EN 13445-3 - 2019
CEN. – Unfired pressure vessels, Part 4: manufacture. AFNOR. - NF EN 13445-4 - 2016
CEN. – Unfired pressure vessels, Part 5: inspection and testing....

Regulations

[PED] Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 15, 2014 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States concerning the making available on the market of pressure equipment (OJEU L189 of June 27, 2014).

Decree no. 2015-799 of July 1, 2015 on hazardous products and equipment, having transposed various European directives, including the PED, into French law with...