por diferencia de

English translation: due to a difference in weight

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Spanish term or phrase: por diferencia de
English translation:due to a difference in weight
Entered by: liz askew

16:00 Feb 15, 2016
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals / trabajo práctico faculta
Spanish term or phrase: por diferencia de
Se realiza durante el fraccionamiento cada 15 minutos a la salida de la máquina de llenado, por diferencia de peso entre la ampolla llena y vacía; y conversión del resultado a volumen

It is performed during fractioning every 15 minutes at the exit of the filling machine, by weight difference between the full and empty ampoule and converting the result to volume


control de volumen
sebaspedlp
Argentina
Local time: 10:29
due to a difference in weight
Explanation:
no references, off the top of my head

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Cryopreservation and Freeze-Drying Protocols
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1588293777
John G. Day, ‎Glyn Stacey - 2007 - ‎Science
Calculate the empty headspace volume of each vial by subtracting the empty weight from the full weight (normally ~5.1 mL for 4-mL vials). 4. ... t2 – t1 = time between sealing and removal of a 1-mL sample(s); FW = sample tissue weight (g); ...

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http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/Chemistry/courses/chem104/expe...

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weighing by difference
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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:29
Grading comment
Thank you Liz!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5by (weighing) the difference
Margaret Schroeder
3 +1due to a difference in weight
liz askew


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
by (weighing) the difference


Explanation:
Se realiza determinando la diferencia de peso entre la ampolla llena y vacía.
It is measured every 15 minutes at the exit of the filling machine by weighing the difference between the full and empty vial, and converting it to volume.

Margaret Schroeder
Mexico
Local time: 07:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  liz askew: no, it is weighing by difference, not weighing the difference, which I think would be impossible to do:); "weighing the difference" means something else entirely to what the source text means. Thank you!
41 mins
  -> Yes, I explained it poorly, but I had the same idea as you. I meant ‘weighing the difference’ as a shorthand for ‘obtaining the difference by weighing the vial with and without the content’.

agree  Anne Schulz: "by determining the difference in weight" might work
19 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
due to a difference in weight


Explanation:
no references, off the top of my head

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Note added at 3 mins (2016-02-15 16:03:51 GMT)
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Cryopreservation and Freeze-Drying Protocols
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1588293777
John G. Day, ‎Glyn Stacey - 2007 - ‎Science
Calculate the empty headspace volume of each vial by subtracting the empty weight from the full weight (normally ~5.1 mL for 4-mL vials). 4. ... t2 – t1 = time between sealing and removal of a 1-mL sample(s); FW = sample tissue weight (g); ...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2016-02-15 18:16:39 GMT)
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http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/Chemistry/courses/chem104/expe...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2016-02-15 18:18:03 GMT)
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weighing by difference

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 716
Grading comment
Thank you Liz!
Notes to answerer
Asker: aah I didnt get it in that way! I think I was mistaken, thank you!!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac
5 mins
  -> Until proved otherwise, thank you!
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