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dringen Moleküle ins Innere der Nachbarphase

English translation: molecules penetrate the interior of the adjacent phase

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German term or phrase:dringen Moleküle ins Innere der Nachbarphase
English translation:molecules penetrate the interior of the adjacent phase
Entered by: Paula Price

10:41 Jul 18, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Science (general)
German term or phrase: dringen Moleküle ins Innere der Nachbarphase
Definition Adsorption
Die Anreicherung eines Stoffes an der Oberfläche einer benachbarten Phase wird allgemein als Adsorption bezeichnet.
Bei Festkörpern (Aktivkohle) kann die Adsorption sowohl aus der Gasphase wie aus umgebenden Flüssigkeiten (Wasser) erfolgen.
Bei Absorption dringen Moleküle ins Innere der Nachbarphase ein, z.b. Einlagerung von Wasserstoff in Metalle.
Paula Price
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:12
molecules penetrate the interior of the adjacent phase
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3 +9molecules penetrate the interior of the adjacent phase
Audrey Foster (X)
4molecules make their way into the interior of the the adjacent phase
Lirka


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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +9
dringen Moleküle ins Innere der Nachbarphase ein
molecules penetrate the interior of the adjacent phase


Explanation:
Would that help ?

Audrey Foster (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gillian Scheibelein: interior is redundant, penetrate is sufficient
8 mins
  -> Yes, Gillian. Thank you :-)
agree  Rebecca Garber
35 mins
  -> Thank you, Rebecca
agree  Veronika McLaren
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Veronika
agree  mustafaer: -
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Mustafa
agree  analytical (X): with Gillian
4 hrs
  -> Yes, analytical, so am I. Thank you.
agree  Lirka: agree, please read my suggestion
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, lirka. You do have a point.
agree  Alvaro Ferreira
7 hrs
  -> Danke, Alvaro
agree  CArcher
8 hrs
  -> Danke, Claudia
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
23 hrs
  -> Schönen Dank, Harald
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
molecules make their way into the interior of the the adjacent phase


Explanation:
Do not get me wrong: From a scientific point of view, I completely agree with Audrey's suggestion (and Gillian's clever modification). Penetrate is a good scientific word.

However, if you want to stay closer to the original text, you may want to use my suggestion. In this instance, "interior" is needed. Think about it: if the German authors wanted to use "penetrate", they could have simply said "penetrieren".Perhaps the idea was to make it more understandable for the general public.

It's your call.



Lirka
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