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5 | Road of clap |
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4 +1 | both replaced by |
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4 | some references |
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some references Explanation: AllRefer Health - Serum Sodium (Na+, Sodium - Serum) - Test ... Serum Sodium (Na+, Sodium - Serum) information center covers description, preparation, risks, expectations, special considerations, normal and abnormal ... health.allrefer.com/health/serum-sodium-info.html calcium ions (Ca2+) definition calcium ions (Ca2+). Definition:. Search for:. Glossary - word, Glossary - def, Textbooks, Protocols, Images, Tools, Forum, PubMed, Links, Press Releases ... www.biochem.northwestern.edu/holmgren/Glossary/Definitions/... Biochem. J. (1981) 200, 99-107 - Phillips JH - Transport of Ca2+ ... Transport of Ca2+ and Na+ across the chromaffin-granule membrane. ... Na+ induces Ca2+ efflux; Ca2+ can re-enter the ghosts by a process of Ca2+/Na+ ... www.biochemj.org/bj/200/bj2000099.htm -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 16 mins (2006-01-05 06:21:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- What is "R''' is either Na+ or combined together for both R' and R'' and Ca2+" means? => What DOES "R''' is either Na+ or combined together for both R' and R'' and Ca2+" mean? |
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Road of clap Explanation: The English text, to make sense, requires that two substituted carboxyl groups can be combined to form a metallic ion. This, of course, is impossible (at least in chemistry: maybe a nuclear physicist might be able to have a shot at it). I would strongly advise you to tell the client that the text is rubbish, and therefore cannot be translated into any language. While I am here, I would remind everybody that "maybe" is an adverb, more or less synonymous with "perhaps". If you mean "may be", you should write "may be" as two words. |
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both replaced by Explanation: The English of your text is abominable. I hope the rest isn't as bad. It looks as if a non-chemist has written it because it is certainly not in "chemspeak". It is difficult to interpret this without a full chemical formula, but it looks as if there is a X-C-R' as well as a X-C-R'' moiety in the compound. If the R' and R'' are replaced by C(O)O-R''' (an ester or a carboxylate group/salt) this would give two X-C-C(O)O-R''' where the two R''' groups are either 2 Na(+) ions or a single bivalent ion, such as Ca(2+), or a single trivalent group, such as Al-OH(2+). I presume this is a salt, as Ca(2+) ions do not usually form complexes, i.e. this would actually be charge-balancing. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs 29 mins (2006-01-05 09:34:43 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- perhaps "both represented by" is better than replaced. If was more concerned with the explanation here -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 hrs 24 mins (2006-01-05 13:29:34 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The meaning is quite clear from the second sentence. The first sentence only needs a slight correction to make more sense (see **) (still pretty awful) If both R' and R'' are C(O)O-R''', then R''' *in* both R' and R'' maybe combined into a single bivalent metal ion (such as Ca2+, as one non-limiting example) or a single trivalent metal overbase (such as Al-OH, for one non-limiting example). Preferably, R' and R'' are the same and R''' is either Na+ or combined together for both R' and R'' and Ca2+. |
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