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13:52 Jan 11, 2011 |
Danish to English translations [PRO] Science - Environment & Ecology | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Charles Ek United States Local time: 15:13 | ||||||
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5 +1 | is absorbed |
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4 | is adsorbed |
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is absorbed Explanation: This is simply the passive verb form. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2011-01-11 19:08:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I erred. This is adsorption, not absorption, i.e., it's the binding of a substance onto a surface, not its transportation into something, that is at issue here. (I'm no chemist or chemical engineer, so feel free to flay me on this characterization. ;-) ) See this at http://www.dsr.kvl.dk/~anya/specialerapport.pdf at page 13: "Fraktionen af lermineraler (partikler < 2μm) kan med deres store specifikke overflader sorbere relativt store mængder af tungmetaller vha. deres permanente og variable (pH-afhængige) ladninger." See also this at http://www.geus.dk/grundvandsgruppen/smp_42_p_17_20.pdf at page 17 (actually it's the first page displayed at the link): "Transporten af et pesticid vil være påvirket af i hvor høj grad stoffet bindes – sorberer – til grundvandssedimenterne." And since it's adsorption at issue here, I believe "til" is entirely correct, as demonstrated in the sentences above. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 hrs (2011-01-12 13:33:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Thanks for suggesting I make a second answer, but I think it would violate the spirit, if not the letter, of the KudoZ rules -- see http://www.proz.com/faq/2902#2902: "Editing an answer would be unfair to other answerers. You might consider adding a comment to your answer. In some cases, a wrong answer can be hidden by the answerer and the correct answer posted in its place." I'll see if I can get a response on this from a moderator or some other authority. |
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is adsorbed Explanation: A second answer by me has been approved by ProZ staff at http://www.proz.com/ticket/239638. I'm reprising part of my original answer here for the benefit of anyone who finds it later. This is adsorption, not absorption, i.e., it's the binding of a substance onto a surface, not its transportation into something, that is at issue here. See this at the first link at page 13: "Fraktionen af lermineraler (partikler < 2μm) kan med deres store specifikke overflader sorbere relativt store mængder af tungmetaller vha. deres permanente og variable (pH-afhængige) ladninger." See also this at the second link at page 17 (actually it's the first page displayed at the link): "Transporten af et pesticid vil være påvirket af i hvor høj grad stoffet bindes – sorberer – til grundvandssedimenterne." And since it's adsorption at issue here, I believe "til" is entirely correct, as demonstrated in the sentences above. Reference: http://www.dsr.kvl.dk/~anya/specialerapport.pdf Reference: http://www.geus.dk/grundvandsgruppen/smp_42_p_17_20.pdf |
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