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massamängd

English translation: mass


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Swedish term or phrase:massamängd
English translation:mass
Entered by: David Rumsey
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22:00 Oct 23, 2008
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Manufacturing
Swedish term or phrase: massamängd
Vattenemissioner redovisas t ex ofta i form av en koncentration fast en LCA kräver att uppgifterna presenteras i form av en massamängd (kg/år).
David Rumsey
Local time: 23:14
mass amount
Explanation:
... because it provides releases as mass (amount) instead of concentration. .... 2.2E4 kg/year and the volatilization of TCE from water at 1.15E4 kg/year. ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S004565350400044X -

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-10-23 23:08:32 GMT)
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As the detector relates given standard concentration to a certain amount of mass response in the instrument, the mass amount will then be related ...
www.aehsmag.com/issues/2002/april_may/laboratory_detection....

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-10-23 23:11:19 GMT)
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massamängd (kg/år) = the amount expressed as mass = kg/year
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Michele Fauble
Local time: 00:14
Grading comment
Mass it is!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4mass amountMichele Fauble


  

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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
mass amount


Explanation:
... because it provides releases as mass (amount) instead of concentration. .... 2.2E4 kg/year and the volatilization of TCE from water at 1.15E4 kg/year. ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S004565350400044X -

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-10-23 23:08:32 GMT)
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As the detector relates given standard concentration to a certain amount of mass response in the instrument, the mass amount will then be related ...
www.aehsmag.com/issues/2002/april_may/laboratory_detection....

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-10-23 23:11:19 GMT)
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massamängd (kg/år) = the amount expressed as mass = kg/year


Michele Fauble
Local time: 00:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Mass it is!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Mårten Sandberg: I believe it is more proper to simply call it mass...//to put it simply - there is no such thing as "massamängd". It is simply wrong to put it that way. Mass and weight refer to the same thing in everyday language.
3 days1 hr
  -> Thanks. Yes, 'mass' is sufficient.
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