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iron sulfate

Indonesian translation: besi sulfat

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English term or phrase:iron sulfate
Indonesian translation:besi sulfat
Entered by: Ryszard Matuszewski

17:53 Jun 29, 2004
English to Indonesian translations [PRO]
Science - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
English term or phrase: iron sulfate
Do you simply say "besi sulfat" , "tembaga sulfat" or maybe in case of chemical compounds there are some Greek-Latin terms like "fero sulfat" etc?
Ryszard Matuszewski
Local time: 02:15
Besi sulfat
Explanation:
That's it.
It's used since my high school until graduate degree.
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Anthony Indra
United States
Local time: 17:15
Grading comment
Thank you all. While googling, I've found quite a lot of "sulfat besi", though :)
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1Besi sulfat
Anthony Indra
4sulfat besi
Bettina David


  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sulfat besi


Explanation:
in English, the qualifiers come before the noun they qualify. In Indonesian, it's the reverse, the qualifiers follow the noun they modify.

Bettina David
Local time: 02:15
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Abdul Karim: definitely
7 mins
disagree  Anthony Indra: Sorry, NO!! For chemistry, the rule is the same!
7 hrs
  -> thanks Anthony, just learned about this exception!
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Besi sulfat


Explanation:
That's it.
It's used since my high school until graduate degree.

Anthony Indra
United States
Local time: 17:15
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you all. While googling, I've found quite a lot of "sulfat besi", though :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  nuvo: THIS IS the correct one!
34 mins
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