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proppants

proppants is the plural of proppant.

Meaning of proppant

Noun

proppant (plural proppants)

  1. Sand or similar particulate material suspended in water or other fluid and used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to keep fissures open.
    • The use of resin coated proppants is an area that should increase the chance of success of fracturing for sand control by eliminating the chance for proppant to flow out of the fracture.1995, P. A. Fletcher, C. T. Montgomery, G. G. Ramos, R. J. Guillory, M. J. Francis, “Optimizing hydraulic fracture length to prevent formation failure in oil and gas reservoirs”, in Jaak J. K....
    Synonyms:
    propping agent

Questions about proppants

What is proppants the plural of?
Proppants is the plural of proppant.

Words near proppants in the dictionary

  1. propoxyphene
  2. propoxyphenes
  3. Propp
  4. proppage
  5. proppant
  6. proppants
  7. propped
  8. propped up
  9. propped up the bar
  10. propper
  11. proppers

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