Feb 22, 2006 13:06
18 yrs ago
English term
Argentina
Professional translator for +25 years
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Chilean)
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oil-wetting agent
English to Spanish
Tech/Engineering
Petroleum Eng/Sci
field work
In the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) of a chemical product, the Application field reads: "Oil-wetting agent". I'm working with a document already translated into Spanish by someone I don't know, and it reads as "Que moja en aceite". Of course this can't be a good translation. I've already found a good definition of the term, also as opposed to "water-wetting agent", but I still can't find the proper translation into Spanish.
Can anybody help? Thanks a lot.
Can anybody help? Thanks a lot.
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 5 +2 | (agente) emulsificante |
hecdan (X)
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| 4 +1 | surfactante |
Enrique Espinosa
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(agente) emulsificante
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Enrique Espinosa
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Earth Sciences translations
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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surfactante
oil wetting agents are surfactants: A substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid, causing the liquid to spread across or penetrate more easily the surface of a solid.
Also: a substance capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved
Also: a substance capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved
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