materiales estructurantes

English translation: bulking materials

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Spanish term or phrase:materiales estructurantes
English translation:bulking materials
Entered by: David Russell

09:10 Jun 12, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Agriculture / Composting
Spanish term or phrase: materiales estructurantes
Taken from a Spanish government document on use of manure for composting, the document refers to the addition of "materiales estructurantes" to the manure to make compost:

Estudio de diferentes mezclas de la fracción sólida de purines con los agentes estructurantes (restos de poda de frutales de hueso)
David Russell
Spain
Local time: 23:42
bulking materials
Explanation:
Or "structural/structuring agents/materials", if you prefer…
AKA "aggregation materials".
Basically, it's like the fibre in the human diet, you need to add leaves and twigs and grass clippings and things like that to bulk up the compost.


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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5467826/

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"or including bulking agents such as wood chips and ..."

https://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/53611/2/2016_Morale...

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NB: (pax JuanArturo), when I see "aggregate", I immediately think of rock and stone things, for example gravel, which are used in the building industry, rather than fibrous materials added to provide structure to compost.

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NB: When I see "aggregate" (pax Juan Arturo), I think of things composed of rock or stone, for example gravel, which are used in construction, rather than organic materials to provide structure to a compost.
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 23:42
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Gracias!
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4 +4bulking materials
neilmac
3aggregates
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón


  

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aggregates


Explanation:


https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=Im0oDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA264&l...

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 17:42
Native speaker of: Spanish
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bulking materials


Explanation:
Or "structural/structuring agents/materials", if you prefer…
AKA "aggregation materials".
Basically, it's like the fibre in the human diet, you need to add leaves and twigs and grass clippings and things like that to bulk up the compost.


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Note added at 7 mins (2019-06-12 09:17:40 GMT)
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5467826/

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Note added at 7 mins (2019-06-12 09:18:36 GMT)
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"or including bulking agents such as wood chips and ..."

https://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/53611/2/2016_Morale...

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Note added at 5 hrs (2019-06-12 15:10:29 GMT)
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NB: (pax JuanArturo), when I see "aggregate", I immediately think of rock and stone things, for example gravel, which are used in the building industry, rather than fibrous materials added to provide structure to compost.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2019-06-12 15:13:09 GMT)
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NB: When I see "aggregate" (pax Juan Arturo), I think of things composed of rock or stone, for example gravel, which are used in construction, rather than organic materials to provide structure to a compost.

Example sentence(s):
  • organic bulking agents such as straw and sawdust ... to increase porosity and the C/N ratios of composting materials.

    Reference: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103...
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 23:42
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Gracias!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jane Martin: I prefer bulking agent
15 mins
  -> "Agents" could be more suitable from a chemical point of view...

agree  philgoddard
2 hrs

agree  liz askew
3 hrs

agree  Adolfo Fulco
12 hrs
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