Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

2% aqueous caustic

Spanish translation:

solución acuosa de hidróxido de sodio al 2 %

Added to glossary by Yvonne Becker
Jan 29, 2008 23:47
16 yrs ago
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English term

2% aqueous caustic

English to Spanish Tech/Engineering Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
Estoy traduciendo una patente sobre polímeros inhibidores de la formación de incrustaciones o costras y aparece esta expresión incompleta:

"Preparation of the reaction product of SMA with tallow amine and diethylamine (Comparative Polymer B) is as follows: xxx g of dry SMA, with a mole ratio of styrene to maleic anhydride of about xxx and Mw about xxx, is suspended in xxx g of toluene. A solution of xx g tallow amine and xxx g diethylamine in xx g toluene is added at ambient temperature and the mixture is then refluxed for 30 min. The resulting toluene slurry is cooled to room temperature and then added with mixing to about xxx ml of **2% aqueous caustic**. The toluene layer is separated and the residual toluene in the aqueous phase is removed by distillation. "

Proposed translations

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solución acuosa de hidróxido de sodio al 2 %

'Caustic' = soda cáustica = hidróxido de sodio
Peer comment(s):

agree Gabriel Hidalgo-Garduño
28 mins
agree Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
4 hrs
agree AAG-alcaide : I agree.
5 hrs
agree Teresa Mozo : o sosa cáustica
6 hrs
Sí, creo que en España se usa más "sosa" y en la Argentina (mi país), "soda".
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