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étetâge/équeutage

English translation: topping and tailing

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French term or phrase:étetâge/équeutage
English translation:topping and tailing
Entered by: Etienne Muylle Wallace

07:01 Jul 2, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
French term or phrase: étetâge/équeutage
The context for this is a chemical process involving distillation:
"On effectue un étetâge/équeutage".
I'm afraid there's not much more information than that!
ASA
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:35
topping and tailing
Explanation:
the elimination of head and tail, beginning and end, to have the pure substance.
This is also used in industrial chemical"cleaning"of shrimps: topping and tailing
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Etienne Muylle Wallace
Spain
Local time: 05:35
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4 +3topping and tailing
Etienne Muylle Wallace
4defronting
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defronting


Explanation:
Purification of benzene - Patent Review GB19610028479 19610804- [ Traduire cette page ]It has been proposed to overcome the disadvantages by distilling, so-called "defronting", the benzene immediately it is produced, which eliminates the ...
www.wikipatents.com/gb/0925854.html - 50k - En cache - P


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Iraq
Local time: 05:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
topping and tailing


Explanation:
the elimination of head and tail, beginning and end, to have the pure substance.
This is also used in industrial chemical"cleaning"of shrimps: topping and tailing

Etienne Muylle Wallace
Spain
Local time: 05:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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Once again, many thanks to all the wonderful people at Proz.com for their prompt assistance!

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agree  liz askew
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agree  kashew: very descriptive
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