12:06 Mar 23, 2003 |
German to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering / Comparative Study of Dental Attachments | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Gillian Scheibelein Germany Local time: 20:54 | ||||||
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4 | imbed into a polymer |
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2 +1 | polymerised into |
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2 | suggestion |
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suggestion Explanation: if the 'attachment' you mention above is itself a polymer, then 'einpolymerisieren' would seem to mean 'to incorporate into a/the polymer' IMO it cannot mean polymerise, as that would mean the magnet is polymerised, which makes no sense to me. |
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imbed into a polymer Explanation: magnets are metals and cannot undergo polymerisation reactions nor can they be incorporated into polymers. The only possibility I can think of is that the magent is imbedded in a polymer during polymerisation, i.e. the magnet is positioned and the monomer material is poured over/around the magnet so that it ends up imbedded in the final polymer. Einpolymerisieren is a very unfortunate choice of word IMHO! |
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polymerised into Explanation: But this is only the literal translation. I think both Cilian and Gillian could be right, depending on the context. Magnetic materials could be molecular and possibly polymerised - there are many metallic covalent compounds. Apart from the Nd, Fe and B constituents, what is the composition of this one? And what does "hierdurch" refer to? Some heating that's been mentioned before? And what can the magnet be polymerised into? |
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