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líquido de compensación

English translation: reference solution


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Spanish term or phrase:líquido de compensación
English translation:reference solution
Entered by: Maria Virginia Marroni
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22:28 Aug 1, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
Spanish term or phrase: líquido de compensación
Medir la absorbancia a 460 nm en una célula de 2 cm de la disolución A, utilizando como líquido de compensación la disolución B.
Maria Virginia Marroni
New Zealand
Local time: 17:16
reference solution
Explanation:
Instead of 'reference solution' the term 'blank' is often used.
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Ron Hartong PhD
Local time: 07:16
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Ron Hartong PhD


  

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reference solution


Explanation:
Instead of 'reference solution' the term 'blank' is often used.

Example sentence(s):
  • The difference between the reference and a sample is that the concentration of the assayable substance in the reference solution is zero

    Reference: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/methods/protein/spectropho...
Ron Hartong PhD
Local time: 07:16
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ERNESTO GARCIA-MARIN
19 mins
  -> Gracias Ernesto

agree  Dr Neil Ashby: "using solution A as a reference"...
10 hrs
  -> Thank you DrNeil - I agree, that would be the best way to say it (although you switched the A and the B) :)
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