A physical element that can be made to assume either of two stable states; a binary cell is an example.
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BUBBLE POINT
The differential gas pressure at which the first steady stream of gas bubbles is emitted from a wetted filter element under specified test conditions.
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ACTION
Refers to the action of a controller. It defines what is done to regulate the final control element to effect control.
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FILTER ELEMENT
The porous device that performs the actual process of filtration. Also known as Cartridge
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DISPOSABLE
An element intended to be discarded and replaced after one service cycle.
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BRIDGING
A condition of filter element loading in which contaminant spans the space between adjacent sections of a filter element, thus blocking a portion of the useful filtration.
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AIR SENSING THERMOSTAT
A thermostat unit, in which the sensing element is located in the refrigerated space.
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BURST PRESSURE RATING
The maximum specified inside-out differential pressure that can be applied to a filter element without outward structural or filter-medium failure.
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FABRICATION INTEGRITY POINT
The differential gas pressure at which the first stream of gas bubbles are emitted from a wetted filter element under standard test conditions.
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SHEAR RATE
The difference between the velocities along the parallel faces of a fluid element divided by the distance between the faces.
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CARBON
A non-metallic element - No. 6 in the periodic table. Diamonds and graphite are pure forms of carbon. Carbon is a constituent of all organic compounds. It also occurs in combined form in many inorganic substances; i.e., carbon dioxide, limestone, etc.
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