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refiriendo

English translation: using ... as a reference liquid


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Spanish term or phrase:refiriendo
English translation:using ... as a reference liquid
Entered by: Micaela Pronsky
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22:48 Nov 10, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals
Spanish term or phrase: refiriendo
Ensayo:
Densidad: ESPECIFICACIÓN:
Se realiza con picnómetro de 50 ml de capacidad, refiriendo a agua destilada a igual temperatura que la solución problema

No sé como sería correctamente *refiriendo* en este caso.

Muchas gracias
Micaela Pronsky
Argentina
Local time: 04:54
using ... as a reference liquid
Explanation:
See example sentences (search the links for 'reference').
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Ron Hartong PhD
Local time: 09:54
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Ron Hartong PhD


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
using ... as a reference liquid


Explanation:
See example sentences (search the links for 'reference').

Example sentence(s):
  • A pycnometer is used for measuring the density of a solution using a reference liquid, such as water.
  • e.g. Density was determined using a pycnometer; the reference liquid was propan-2-ol,...

    Reference: http://www.scribd.com/doc/38686499/Che121l-Experiment-1-Part...
    Reference: http://www.nicnas.gov.au/forms/New_Chemicals/STD_LTD_Notific...
Ron Hartong PhD
Local time: 09:54
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Or comparator/control
1 min
  -> Thanks Phil
agree  Otto Albers: en medicina usamos el término "testigo" para implicar medidor referencial, en este caso de densidad.
1 hr
  -> Muchas gracias Otto
agree  Cinnamon Nolan
6 hrs
  -> Thank you Cinnamon
agree  Nigel Wheatley: I'd turn it around a bit: "The test is carried out in a 50mL pycnometer using, as a reference liquid, distilled water at the same temperature as the test solution."
14 hrs
  -> Thank you Nigel; your suggestion sounds good to me.
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