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Category
Functional properties
Languages
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| Category | English Term | Synonyms | Short definition (EN) | DE | FR | ES | IT | CN | VN | ||||||||||||
| Functional properties | Chemical-resistant | Chemical resistant | Able to retain required properties after exposure to defined chemicals. | Chemikalienbeständig | Résistant aux produits chimiques | Resistente a productos químicos | Resistente agli agenti chimici | 耐化学品 | Kháng hóa chất | ||||||||||||
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Translations
Not to be confused with
Resistance is chemical-, concentration-, temperature- and time-specific.
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| Functional properties | Compostable | Industrially compostable; home compostable | Able to biodegrade and meet defined compost quality requirements under specified conditions. | Kompostierbar | Compostable | Compostable | Compostabile | 可堆肥 | Có thể ủ phân | ||||||||||||
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Translations
Not to be confused with
Biodegradable does not automatically mean compostable.
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| Functional properties | Conductive | Electrically conductive | Able to conduct electrical current to a defined degree. | Leitfähig | Conducteur | Conductor | Conduttivo | 导电 | Dẫn điện | ||||||||||||
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Translations
Not to be confused with
Do not use antistatic and conductive as exact synonyms.
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| Functional properties | Cut-resistant | Cut resistant | Able to resist cutting action under defined test conditions. | Schnittfest | Résistant aux coupures | Resistente al corte | Resistente al taglio | 抗切割 | Chống cắt | ||||||||||||
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Translations
Not to be confused with
Not the same as puncture or abrasion resistance.
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