Blanco

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Spanish term or phrase:	Blanco
English translation:	blank
Entered by:	Jason Willis-Lee

10:44 Jul 5, 2007

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Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals

Spanish term or phrase: Blanco

METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE
My question is whether "blanco" refers to "blank solution" or "target solution" here? TIA, Jason.

Realizar el ensayo de acuerdo a lo establecido en el método de Cromatografía de Gases de Farmacopea Europea (2.2.28).
Preparación de las muestras

**Blanco**: transferir 1,5 mL de Benzil alcohol a un vial de cromatografía.

Solución problema: pesar con exactitud analítica 200 mg de materia prima y llevar a un matraz de 10 mL disolver y llevar a volumen con benzil alcohol.

Solución patrón: tomar 76 µL de metanol, 127 µL de etanol, 127 µL de acetona, 128 µL de 2- propanol, 10,5 µL de acetonitrilo, 111 µL de etilacetato, 16 µL de tetrahidrofurano, 20,5 µL de tolueno y 91 µL de dimetilsulfóxido en un matraz aforado de 10 mL que contenga 50 mL de benzil alcohol. Llevar a volumen con el mismo disolvente. Tomar 100 µL de esta solución y llevar a volumen en un matraz de 10 mL con el mismo disolvente. La concentración de los solventes en esta solución es: 3000 ppm metanol, 5000 ppm de etanol, 5000 ppm de acetona, 5000 ppm de 2- propanol, 410 ppm de acetonitrilo, 5000 ppm de acetato de etilo, 720 ppm de tetrahidrofurano, 890 ppm de tolueno y 5000 ppm de dimetilsulfóxido con respecto a una solución problema de 20 mg/mL.

Jason Willis-Lee KudoZ activity Questions: 1150 (1 open) (2 without valid answers) (30 closed without grading) Answers: 114 Spain
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Explanation:
As you say, it could also mean target, but I think "blank" is more likely. You can always ask the client, they usually know the appropriate terminology even if they don't "speak" English.

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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 03:58

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Thanks Neil...
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neilmac

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Henrique Serra

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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 03:58
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Thanks Neil...

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

Blank

Explanation:
I'd use blank, since only the solvent (not all other reagents) is being used.

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Note added at 5 mins (2007-07-05 10:50:01 GMT)
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The blank is a control, for comparison against the standard solution, which will produce a different wavelength than the solvent in the gas chromatograph.

Henrique Serra
United States
Local time: 19:58
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Portuguese
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