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tamiz con apertura de malla de 2mm

English translation: a 2 mm mesh sieve


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Spanish term or phrase:tamiz con apertura de malla de 2mm
English translation:a 2 mm mesh sieve
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17:29 Jun 8, 2010
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Science - Archaeology / Rock Art
Spanish term or phrase: tamiz con apertura de malla de 2mm
Dear translators,

I'm not sure how to translate this accurately; I know it is some kind of 2 mm sieve, but it is not clear to me how to render "apertura de malla".

Here is the context:

Para esto las muestras de tierras de colores fueron secadas a una temperatura de 60º C por un tiempo aproximado de 12 horas en estufa de aire forzado y luego tamizadas empleando un tamiz con apertura de malla de 2mm.
artsandlanguage
a 2 mm mesh sieve
Explanation:
my option
:)

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thank you all
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MPGS
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I like this, thank you very much for your time.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2a 2 mm mesh sieveMPGS
3 +32 mm sieve
Laureana Pavon
5 +1mesh size
Wendy Leech
4sieve with mesh opening size of 2mmliz askew
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liz askew

  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mesh size


Explanation:
sieve with a 2mm mesh size

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Or even just "2mm sieve". Anyone intelligent will realise its not a miniature sieve for mice

Sample sentences:
Grinding of the poplar chips first with the 8 mm sieve and then with a 2.5 mm sieve...

Wendy Leech
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jim Tucker: 2mm is fine
1 hr
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
2 mm sieve


Explanation:
An option

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Liz is correct in that it refers to a sieve with a mesh opening size of 2 mm. However, back when I worked at the soil mechanics lab back when I was at the university, nobody would say "we'll use the sieve with mesh opening size of 2mm".
We'd just say "the 2 mm sieve", everyone understood what was meant.

Laureana Pavon
Uruguay
Local time: 22:49
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wendy Leech: Posted together!
2 mins

disagree  liz askew: This would be a tiny wee sieve. Can they make them that small?/And in all modesty, I think I am reasonably intelligent (when I last looked anyway):)Ah...perhaps the lab mice were using them....(silly joke on my part, but ....)
5 mins
  -> I have no idea why you mention modesty, your intelligence and lab mice in your comment on my answer. Anyway, this is exactly what we called them in the soil mechanics lab back in uni. Cheers!

agree  Jim Tucker: of course
1 hr
  -> Thanks Jim

agree  Rosa Paredes: Yes.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Rosa

agree  Sergio Campo
16 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sieve with mesh opening size of 2mm


Explanation:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q= mesh opening sizes&btnG=Se...

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Mesh (scale) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1 Tyler mesh size; 2 Variation in mesh openings; 3 Particle size distribution ... Thicker wire results in a smaller opening size for an equivalent mesh. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh_(scale) - Cached - Similar
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Particle Size Conversion Table
Larger sieve openings (1 in. to 1/4 in.) have been designated by a sieve "mesh" size that corresponds to the size of the opening in inches. ...
www.sigmaaldrich.com › ... › Lab Basics Technical Library - Cached - Similar
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Particle Size - US Sieve Series and Tyler Mesh Size Equivalents
by S Equivalents
15 May 2002 ... The most common mesh opening sizes for these scales are given in the table below and provide an indication of particle sizes. ...
www.azom.com/details.asp?articleid=1417 - Cached
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Wapedia - Wiki: Mesh (scale)
Thicker wire results in a smaller opening size for an equivalent mesh. ... Commercial Sieve Mesh Dimensions Sieve size Opening Standard Mesh Tensile Bolting ...
wapedia.mobi/en/Grit_size - Cached

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a 2 mm mesh sieve


Explanation:
my option
:)

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Note added at 2 days2 hrs (2010-06-10 19:55:20 GMT) Post-grading
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thank you all
:)

MPGS
Local time: 03:49
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
I like this, thank you very much for your time.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leonardo Lamarche: agree.
22 mins
  -> muchas gracias, Leonardo, slds otra vez; me alegra tanta sintonía :)

agree  Parrot: simple as that...
29 mins
  -> appreciate, Parrot. Best :)
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Reference comments


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Reference

Reference information:
Handbook of techniques for aquatic sediments sampling - Google Books Result
Alena Mudroch, Scott MacKnight - 1994 - Technology & Engineering - 236 pages
It is common practice for soil scientists to work soil samples, which are very similar to sediments, through a 2-mm round hole sieve (10 / 20 mesh) using a ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1566700272...

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SIEVE SIZES
14 Apr 2010 ... Opening mesh sizes of commonly used sieves are shown in table below. . The cumulative weight of all material larger than each sieve size is ...
www.simplyaerials.co.uk/shop/images/trend.php?page=sieve si... - Cached

liz askew
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

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agree  MPGS: :)
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