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aguas tamponadas

English translation: buffered water

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Spanish term or phrase:aguas tamponadas
English translation:buffered water
Entered by: Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)

16:28 Jan 4, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Fisheries / river fishing
Spanish term or phrase: aguas tamponadas
"..las aguas de los rios son acidas y oxigenadas, y poco tamponadas "
tamponadas significa que tienen un bajo nivel de carbono, pero no se cómo decir tamponadas en ingles.
Muchas gracias por la ayuda.
y feliz año a todos!!
aishu
buffered water
Explanation:
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Note added at 7 mins (2006-01-04 16:35:29 GMT)
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Hot phosphate-buffered water extraction coupled on-line with ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
We evaluated the feasibility of analyzing rapidly traces of polar and medium
polar contaminants in s...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve& db=PubMed&list_uids=10939366&dopt=Abstract - Páginas similares

[Staining technic for basophilic granulocytes in a buffered water ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
[Staining technic for basophilic granulocytes in a buffered water-alcohol medium
with pH of 4] [Article in French] PIETTE M. ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve& db=PubMed&list_uids=13302945&dopt=Abstract - Páginas similares
[ Más resultados de www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ]

Water hardness,pH and fish health - [ Traduzca esta página ]
FishDoc: How water hardness affects pH buffering, osmoregulation and toxicity of
some common disease treatments.
www.fishdoc.co.uk/water/hardness.htm - 24k - En caché - Páginas similares

Fish health and fish disease: Water quality and pH - [ Traduzca esta página ]
In poorly buffered water this can cause significant diurnal swings (over a ...
Even reasonably well buffered water may have a moderate variation in pH ...
www.fishdoc.co.uk/water/pH.htm - 25k - En caché - Páginas similares

Aquarium Chemistry, pH, gH, and kH relationship - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Water that is poorly buffered (low kH or temporary hardness) will be subject to
higher pH fluctuations than well-buffered water. As a general rule, ...
www.drhelm.com/aquarium/chemistry.html - 19k - En caché - Páginas similares

PROTOCOL FOR COLLECTION OF GROUND-WATER SAMPLES FOR COLIPHAGE AND ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
First, a filter blank (FB), which tests the sterility of buffered water and ...
This is done by filtering a 50-100 mL aliquot of sterile buffered water. ...
oh.water.usgs.gov/micro/swprotocol.html - 68k - En caché - Páginas similares

USGS Ohio District Microbiology - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Sterile buffered water filtered before processing the environmental sample
... parameter code 99100 is "70" for sterile buffered water PO4/MgCl2 or "60" ...
oh.water.usgs.gov/micro/swsample.html - 39k - En caché - Páginas similares

Aquaculture dictionary - Aquatext - B - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Dose rates are typically 1ppm in poorly buffered water to 4ppm in well buffered
water for a period of one hour. Benzocaine ...
www.aquatext.com/list-b.htm - 64k - En caché - Páginas similares

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Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Local time: 03:24
Grading comment
muchas gracias por la ayuda
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2buffered water
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
4not (very) alkaline
Muriel Vasconcellos


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
buffered water


Explanation:
Suerte

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 7 mins (2006-01-04 16:35:29 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Hot phosphate-buffered water extraction coupled on-line with ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
We evaluated the feasibility of analyzing rapidly traces of polar and medium
polar contaminants in s...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve& db=PubMed&list_uids=10939366&dopt=Abstract - Páginas similares

[Staining technic for basophilic granulocytes in a buffered water ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
[Staining technic for basophilic granulocytes in a buffered water-alcohol medium
with pH of 4] [Article in French] PIETTE M. ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve& db=PubMed&list_uids=13302945&dopt=Abstract - Páginas similares
[ Más resultados de www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ]

Water hardness,pH and fish health - [ Traduzca esta página ]
FishDoc: How water hardness affects pH buffering, osmoregulation and toxicity of
some common disease treatments.
www.fishdoc.co.uk/water/hardness.htm - 24k - En caché - Páginas similares

Fish health and fish disease: Water quality and pH - [ Traduzca esta página ]
In poorly buffered water this can cause significant diurnal swings (over a ...
Even reasonably well buffered water may have a moderate variation in pH ...
www.fishdoc.co.uk/water/pH.htm - 25k - En caché - Páginas similares

Aquarium Chemistry, pH, gH, and kH relationship - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Water that is poorly buffered (low kH or temporary hardness) will be subject to
higher pH fluctuations than well-buffered water. As a general rule, ...
www.drhelm.com/aquarium/chemistry.html - 19k - En caché - Páginas similares

PROTOCOL FOR COLLECTION OF GROUND-WATER SAMPLES FOR COLIPHAGE AND ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
First, a filter blank (FB), which tests the sterility of buffered water and ...
This is done by filtering a 50-100 mL aliquot of sterile buffered water. ...
oh.water.usgs.gov/micro/swprotocol.html - 68k - En caché - Páginas similares

USGS Ohio District Microbiology - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Sterile buffered water filtered before processing the environmental sample
... parameter code 99100 is "70" for sterile buffered water PO4/MgCl2 or "60" ...
oh.water.usgs.gov/micro/swsample.html - 39k - En caché - Páginas similares

Aquaculture dictionary - Aquatext - B - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Dose rates are typically 1ppm in poorly buffered water to 4ppm in well buffered
water for a period of one hour. Benzocaine ...
www.aquatext.com/list-b.htm - 64k - En caché - Páginas similares



Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Local time: 03:24
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 14
Grading comment
muchas gracias por la ayuda

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Catalina Connon
13 mins
  -> Gracias Catalina
agree  Yvonne Becker
41 mins
  -> Muchas gracias Yvonne
neutral  Muriel Vasconcellos: I'm not questioning the term "buffered water," but I think the author made a mistake. "Buffered" means that something has been added. It doesn't make sense to me that river water would be buffered. See my suggestion below.
14 hrs
  -> Gracias Muriel. No sé... Hay muchas referencias al respecto y también es como lo define el Diccionario Politécnico Díaz de Santos... Demasiadas coincidencias... dejemos que decida aishu o que le pregunte al cliente... Gracias
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
not (very) alkaline


Explanation:
Yes, "buffer" is "tampo'n" in Spanish, per Ruiz-Torres (and that's how I always translate "tamponado"), BUT

I think the author is under the incorrect impression that "tamponadas" is the antonym of "acidas," when in fact it means that buffering has been ADDED to make it that way, and a buffer can also make the substance more acid (see definitions below). The text appears to be describing water that flows naturally in the rivers. It seems unlikely to me that anything would be added to river water to change its pH. Here is my interpretation of the sentence:

"...las aguas de los rios son acidas y oxigenadas, y poco tamponadas" =
"...the river water tends to be acid with a high oxygen content (or 'oxygenated'); it is not very alkaline"

Definitions of "buffered""

A term used to describe a material to which slightly water-soluble acid **or** base **has been added** in order to stabilize the pH. In paper this is an alkaline substance, such as calcium carbonate, which is used to reduce the quantity of acids that may build up as a result of the degradation of paper fiber or acid absorption from the environment.
www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/sub_pages/scrapbookdiction...

Pertaining to an acid **or** base solution to which a substance capable of neutralizing the acid or base **has been added**.
www.csa.com/hottopics/mems/gloss.php

The **addition of an alkaline reserve** to a material to control the pH over an extended time. We use calcium carbonate in our albums. Often, "buffered" means an alkaline filler has been added to paper to offset any acid that is present or that it may come in contact with later.
www.cedarhousedreams.com/glossary.html



Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 18:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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