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lama de cal

English translation: lime mud

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Portuguese term or phrase:lama de cal
English translation:lime mud
Entered by: Stephen Fry

01:34 Feb 25, 2005
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Paper / Paper Manufacturing
Portuguese term or phrase: lama de cal
wood pulp industry
Stephen Fry
Local time: 10:42
lime mud
Explanation:
Land Application of Pulp Mill Lime Mud
Formato do arquivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
Page 1. What is lime mud? Lime mud is a byproduct produced in pulp mills as part of the process that turns wood chips into pulp for paper. ...
www.pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubs/PDF/B1249.pdf

Current Disposal and Costs -
... Lime mud, like most pulp and paper mill sludge, has a very high water content which makes it unstable and prone to settlement when kept in landfills. ...
www.useit.umeciv.maine.edu/materials/ limemud/current_disposal.htm - 5k

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Note added at 4 hrs 7 mins (2005-02-25 05:42:26 GMT)
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I think you can also say lime sludge. I\'m not a 100% sure. That\'s why I chose lime mud.
Selected response from:

Sormane Gomes
United States
Local time: 09:42
Grading comment
Lime mud - Thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1lime mud
Sormane Gomes


  

Answers


3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
lime mud


Explanation:
Land Application of Pulp Mill Lime Mud
Formato do arquivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
Page 1. What is lime mud? Lime mud is a byproduct produced in pulp mills as part of the process that turns wood chips into pulp for paper. ...
www.pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubs/PDF/B1249.pdf

Current Disposal and Costs -
... Lime mud, like most pulp and paper mill sludge, has a very high water content which makes it unstable and prone to settlement when kept in landfills. ...
www.useit.umeciv.maine.edu/materials/ limemud/current_disposal.htm - 5k

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Note added at 4 hrs 7 mins (2005-02-25 05:42:26 GMT)
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I think you can also say lime sludge. I\'m not a 100% sure. That\'s why I chose lime mud.

Sormane Gomes
United States
Local time: 09:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Lime mud - Thanks

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agree  Claudio Mazotti
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