Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Oct 6, 2003 13:10
20 yrs ago
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Italian term
Italy
30% p/p
Italian to English
Science
Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
chemistry
These abbreviations are driving me mad...
The text is a processing chart for a chemical product. It's in table form. This entry says:
"Sotto agitazione portare il pH a 6,5 ± 0,5 stabile con Soda Sol.30% p/p l...... mantenendo la T° = 25°C ± 5°C"
I'm not sure what p/p means. I initially thought "per parte", but it's expressed as a percentage, which is strange. Earlier in the text a similar entry was folowed by "p/v", which I took to be "per volume" (and translated as "by volume"), but the "p" is baffling me.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Sarah
The text is a processing chart for a chemical product. It's in table form. This entry says:
"Sotto agitazione portare il pH a 6,5 ± 0,5 stabile con Soda Sol.30% p/p l...... mantenendo la T° = 25°C ± 5°C"
I'm not sure what p/p means. I initially thought "per parte", but it's expressed as a percentage, which is strange. Earlier in the text a similar entry was folowed by "p/v", which I took to be "per volume" (and translated as "by volume"), but the "p" is baffling me.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Sarah
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +5 | 30% w/w |
achisholm
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| 2 +1 | per weight |
Clauwolf
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Proposed translations
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30% w/w
this is the way it is almost always written in UK english. The meaning is exactly as per the previous answer, i.e. 30% by weight.
In other word a 30% salt solution would be 30 g of salt in a total volume of 100ml (and hence grams) of water.
In other word a 30% salt solution would be 30 g of salt in a total volume of 100ml (and hence grams) of water.
Peer comment(s):
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leff
: and 'per peso' in Italian
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Sabrina Eskelson
: assolutamente d'accordo
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Gian
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| agree |
delos
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gmel117608
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Comment: "Although it was actually the first answerer who made me realise that the p stood for peso, I'm giving the points to Sandy as I really need the abbreviation. He's also made me realise that the p/v that I encountered earlier in my text should be abbreviated as v/v :-)
Thanks to everyone,
Sarah"
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