svämtäcke

English translation: floating crust

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Swedish term or phrase:svämtäcke
English translation:floating crust
Entered by: David Rumsey

06:11 Apr 5, 2010
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Tech/Engineering - Food & Drink
Swedish term or phrase: svämtäcke
When discussing using manure to generate biogas, some manure (e.g. horse manure) can create "svämtäcke". Is this a "top coat" or "covering". Wht is the rght word in English? Scum?
David Rumsey
Canada
Local time: 05:28
floating crust
Explanation:
:o)
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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 14:28
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Tusen tack sven!
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Sven Petersson


  

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floating crust


Explanation:
:o)


    Reference: http://www.sjv.se/swedishboardofagriculture/englishswedishwo...
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 14:28
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Tusen tack sven!
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