sur sec

English translation: dry weight/dry weight percent

03:02 Aug 27, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
French term or phrase: sur sec
dilution 5 ml dans 50 ml
titre sur sec 99.5%
moyenne sur sec 99.7%
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Local time: 18:43
English translation:dry weight/dry weight percent
Explanation:
Dry weight is the weight of the sample without the moisture content.
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Trinh Do
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4dry weight/dry weight percent
Trinh Do
4on a dry basis
Helen Genevier
4(title, mean) established/measure on dry product/powder
Lionel_M (X)


  

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dry weight/dry weight percent


Explanation:
Dry weight is the weight of the sample without the moisture content.

Example sentence(s):
  • In terms of dry weight percent, the described membrane is about 0.138% dimidium bromide, 0.043% disulphine blue, 44.3% TTP, and 55.51% PVC. In practice, the dry weight percent of dimidium bromide in the membrane can range from about 0.01 percent to...

    Reference: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP0382958.html
    Reference: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=qHoWToUx1uYC&pg=PA90&lpg...
Trinh Do
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on a dry basis


Explanation:
on a dry basis is one way of putting it, or just titer (dry basis)

e.g. "Obtained titer is compared with the titer of pure D-glucose (dextrose) under identical conditions and Dextrose Equivalent (DE) is expressed as a "% of the reducing power of dextrose" on a dry basis."
http://www.corn.org/methods/E-26.pdf

"Cs is the concentration (dry basis), in mg/mL, of the Sample Solution"
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=k7Mk7-SUIKkC&pg=PA952&lpg...



Helen Genevier
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(title, mean) established/measure on dry product/powder


Explanation:
IMO
It's not a problem of weight, it's just that purity of the product is established on the powder form; not once in solution.

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