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trip blanks

Portuguese translation: brancos de campo


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English term or phrase:trip blanks
Portuguese translation:brancos de campo
Entered by: Carla Lopes
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14:57 Oct 18, 2010
English to Portuguese translations [Non-PRO]
Science - Geology
English term or phrase: trip blanks
A total of 35 groundwater samples, including three duplicate samples and three trip blanks, were collected.
Carla Lopes
Portugal
Local time: 21:11
brancos de campo
Explanation:
O branco de campo é uma amostra de água destilada, transportada até o local da amostragem, manuseada como se fosse uma amostra real e conduzida ao laboratório para análise química. Resultados positivos na amostra de branco podem ser indícios de um procedimento inadequado.
http://www.cpeanet.com.br/amostragem_22.html

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Uma ref. de Portugal:

http://www.adene.pt/NR/rdonlyres/039E8147-8487-4303-96DD-675...
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Carlos Quandt
Brazil
Local time: 18:11
Grading comment
Obrigada!
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4 +1brancos de viagemFernando Domeniconi
4brancos de campo
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brancos de campo


Explanation:
O branco de campo é uma amostra de água destilada, transportada até o local da amostragem, manuseada como se fosse uma amostra real e conduzida ao laboratório para análise química. Resultados positivos na amostra de branco podem ser indícios de um procedimento inadequado.
http://www.cpeanet.com.br/amostragem_22.html

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Uma ref. de Portugal:

http://www.adene.pt/NR/rdonlyres/039E8147-8487-4303-96DD-675...

Carlos Quandt
Brazil
Local time: 18:11
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Grading comment
Obrigada!
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
brancos de viagem


Explanation:
Em pt-br... só achei uma referência para pt-pt...

6.2.3 Branco de Viagem (aplicável somente a voláteis): No mínimo, dois frascos de amostras preparados no laboratório, por enchimento com água reagente, ...
www.inmetro.gov.br/Sidoq/pesquisa_link.asp?seq_tipo

Branco de viagem: um par de cartuchos como branco de viagem, (que permanecerá fechado durante todo o intervalo de amostragem e de transporte das amostras e ...
www.environ.com.br/.../resumo\Resumo de Métodos Ambientais%...

utilizou-se um único branco de viagem constituído por 'água pura' também ... branco de viagem, que se juntou ao conjunto de amostras colhidas durante esta ...
www.smasalmada.pt/ngt_server_acd/attachfileu.jsp?...

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Só para adicionar, a USEPA faz distinção entre "field blank" e "trip blank":

Field Blank: A sample of analyte free water poured into the container in the field, preserved and shipped to the laboratory with field samples.
Purpose: Assess contamination from field conditions during sampling.
Frequency: 1 blank/day/matrix or 1 blank/20 samples/matrix, whichever is more frequent.

Trip Blank: A clean sample of a matrix that is taken from the laboratory to the sampling site and transported back to the laboratory without having been exposed to sampling procedures. Typically, analyzed only for volatile compounds.
Purpose: Assess contamination introduced during shipping and field handling procedures. Frequency: 1 blank/cooler containing volatiles.

http://www.epa.gov/region3/esc/qa/pdf/blanks.pdf

Fernando Domeniconi
Local time: 16:11
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun: ou brancos de campo
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  -> Obrigado, Salvador & Gry!
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