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oil-wetting agent

Spanish translation: (agente) emulsificante

13:06 Feb 22, 2006
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci / field work
English term or phrase: oil-wetting agent
In the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) of a chemical product, the Application field reads: "Oil-wetting agent". I'm working with a document already translated into Spanish by someone I don't know, and it reads as "Que moja en aceite". Of course this can't be a good translation. I've already found a good definition of the term, also as opposed to "water-wetting agent", but I still can't find the proper translation into Spanish.

Can anybody help? Thanks a lot.
Bernardita Barriola Caré
Argentina
Local time: 07:19
Spanish translation:(agente) emulsificante
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hecdan (X)
Local time: 07:19
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5 +2(agente) emulsificante
hecdan (X)
4 +1surfactante
Enrique Espinosa


  

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(agente) emulsificante


Explanation:
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hecdan (X)
Local time: 07:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 51

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carmen Quiñones
3 hrs
agree  Juan D. Coedo
5 days
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
surfactante


Explanation:
oil wetting agents are surfactants: A substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid, causing the liquid to spread across or penetrate more easily the surface of a solid.

Also: a substance capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved




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Enrique Espinosa
Local time: 04:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 242

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lamberto Victorica
4 days
  -> Gracias Lamberto!
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