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Sep 28, 2021 16:29
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French term

retard ébullioscopique

French to English Science Patents traitement des eaux
- un retard ébullioscopique intervient dans l’échangeur-évaporateur, car la concentration en sels du liquide augmente le point d’évaporation dans l’échangeur-évaporateur,
Proposed translations (English)
4 raises the boiling point

Proposed translations

17 mins

raises the boiling point

Why "retard"? If you imagine the temperature to be gradually increasing, the liquid boils later, being loaded with salts, than it would if it were pure. Generally, any impurity will raise the boiling point and lower the freezing point.

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Note added at 16 hrs (2021-09-29 08:56:15 GMT)
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Not "boiling delay"! "Boiling point elevation" is good, though I would keep it simple and just say something like "the boiling point is raised in the heat-exchanger/evaporator since the..."
Note from asker:
Thank you Chris. You've got the meaning. I was looking for the correct technical term and I found "boiling delay" and "boiling point elevation". what do you think?
Peer comment(s):

neutral philgoddard : I don't see what the subject of your sentence is.
4 hrs
The clue is in the question... I assumed it was obvious!
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