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Search Result for Hydration

hydration

2. reaction of powdered cement with water. The cement gradually sets to a solid as hydration continues.

hydration

2. reaction of powdered cement with water. The cement gradually sets to a solid as hydration continues.

hydration

1. a chemical reaction in which molecular water is added to the molecule of another compound without breaking it down.

heaving

The partial or complete collapse of the walls of a hole resulting from internal pressures due primarily to swelling from hydration or formation gas pressures. See caving.

mud inhibitor

Substances generally regarded as drilling mud contaminants, such as salt and calcium sulfate, are called inhibitors when purposely added to mud so that the filtrate from the drilling fluid will prevent or retard the hydration of formation clays shells.

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