Schadensorganismen
English translation: harmful biological growth / harmful (micro-) organisms
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| 10:26 Jun 20, 2013 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / Schutz von Baudenkmälern vor biogener Verwitterung | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Coqueiro Local time: 23:41 | ||||||
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| 3 +4 | harmful biological growth / harmful (micro-) organisms |
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| 4 +1 | harmful organisms |
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peer agreement (net): +1harmful organisms Explanation: See, for example, the introduction in the referenced PDF document. "Moisture damage in buildings is caused by moisture exceeding the tolerance of materials and structures, which may lead to the growth of harmful organisms and damage to materials after a critical exposure time." Reference: http://www.ornl.gov/sci/buildings/2010/Session%20PDFs/162_Ne... |
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peer agreement (net): +4harmful biological growth / harmful (micro-) organisms Explanation: Historic buildings and monuments are liable to be affected by a wide variety of 'biological growth' ranging from the roots of mature trees that form part of a designed or natural landscape to micro-organisms that can be found on external and internal surfaces of building materials. Not all of these are harmful: http://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/bio/bio.htm -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 Stunden (2013-06-20 16:59:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Even more, steel is an inorganic substance. It does not attract destructive organisms like fungus, molds, termites and more: http://biuldsteelstructures.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/reasons... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 Stunden (2013-06-20 17:01:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Auf Deutsch ist der Begriff Schadorganismen geläufiger. |
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