trade off between low cost and properties

English translation: trade off: low cost for electrical conductivity and higher thickness

01:49 May 10, 2007
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Tech/Engineering - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng / Cavity resonance absorbers
English term or phrase: trade off between low cost and properties
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XXX is a high loss urethane foam sheet, offering a trade off between low cost and properties such as electrical conductivity and higher thickness compared to elastomers."

Could anybody help me with the meaning of this sentence, please?
I understand that the cost of the material is low (this is good), the properties are good (this is also good) but it has higher thickness compared to elastomers (and this is not good). So the trade-off is: low cost+good properties for higher thickness. Am I right?
Thanks in advance!
Oleksandr Melnyk
Ukraine
Local time: 14:07
Selected answer:trade off: low cost for electrical conductivity and higher thickness
Explanation:
It seems to me that electrical conductivity is a bad thing in urethane foam sheet - but I may be totally wrong.:)
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Polangmar
Poland
Local time: 13:07
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Thank you! And special thanks to Erich Ekoputra for the link. The main problem was where to put the properties (conductivity). I couldn't undestand from the text wether the conductivity was low or high. There were two options:
1. Cost+properties are good (cost and conductivity are low) and thickness is not (thickness is high).
2. Cost is good (cost is low) and properties+thickness are not (conductivity and thickness are high).
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4 +7requires a compromise between low cost and good properties
Gillian Scheibelein
2 +1trade off: low cost for electrical conductivity and higher thickness
Polangmar


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trade off: low cost for electrical conductivity and higher thickness


Explanation:
It seems to me that electrical conductivity is a bad thing in urethane foam sheet - but I may be totally wrong.:)

Polangmar
Poland
Local time: 13:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thank you! And special thanks to Erich Ekoputra for the link. The main problem was where to put the properties (conductivity). I couldn't undestand from the text wether the conductivity was low or high. There were two options:
1. Cost+properties are good (cost and conductivity are low) and thickness is not (thickness is high).
2. Cost is good (cost is low) and properties+thickness are not (conductivity and thickness are high).

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ErichEko ⟹⭐: Yep, it is: low cost agains higher conductivity + thickness. This link shows that urethane is bad for insulation: http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/iepra6/1983/22/i04/...
1 hr
  -> Thank you for factual input.

neutral  Tony M: If this material is for use as an absorber, high conductivity need not necessarily be a bad thing... / I don't need to, I speak from many years' practical, professional experience in the field
4 hrs
  -> And this is what should be explained instead of simplifying the text. Could you deliver a link to support your opinion (like your predecessor:)?
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
requires a compromise between low cost and good properties


Explanation:
The two run in opposing directions:
low cost at one extreme and good properties at the other (like so many things). This necessitates a compromise, i.e. you have to pay for what you get, good properties are more expensive


Gillian Scheibelein
Germany
Local time: 13:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 99

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
6 mins

agree  Tony M: Yes, this is the correct interpretation
20 mins

agree  kmtext
58 mins

agree  Cagdas Karatas
1 hr

agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
1 hr

agree  Suzan Hamer
2 hrs

agree  Elena Aleksandrova
5 hrs

neutral  Polangmar: This isn't an answer to the question; it only gives other wording to what the asker has already known. The core problem is, at least as I understand it, on which side to put higher conductivity. We don't know if this issue can be omitted in translation.
6 hrs

neutral  ErichEko ⟹⭐: the same answer as Polangmar's. Just a rewording.
8 hrs
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