produit de fixation

English translation: fixative

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French term or phrase:	produit de fixation
English translation:	fixative
Entered by:	Claire Cox

14:31 Apr 28, 2010

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Tech/Engineering - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng / Chemical analysis

French term or phrase: produit de fixation

Not sure what this relates to on a chemical analysis report. It appears in a table which has the headings:

Echantillons, quantité, fixations and produits de fixations. In this case the samples are a water sample and a soil sample and there are no fixations or produits de fixation.

I would normally expect fixation to be a fixing or fastening device of some kind. but that doesn't work here. Is it some kind of stabiliser perhaps?

Many thanks for your thoughts.

Claire Cox KudoZ activity Questions: 665 (none open) (73 closed without grading) Answers: 1031 United Kingdom
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fixative

Explanation:
Used to stabilise the chemicals found in solution

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Bashiqa
France
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Thanks Bashiqua
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fixative

Bashiqa

4 +1

fixation agent

kashew

fixation product

Constantinos Faridis (X)

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fixation product

Explanation:
de L Daniels - 1978 - Citado por 61 - Artículos relacionados
of Short-Tenr Fixation Products of 14CO2 and "CH30H ... that pyruvate was an early intermediate product of net CO2 fixation. The in vivo ...
jb.The ultimate in fixation products, providing stabilization, anchoring, ... Fixation Product Line й 2004 CONMED Corporation, 02/2004, Control #12231 ...
www.conmed.com/PDF Files/MBR 9024 Fixation.pdfasm.org/cgi/r...

Constantinos Faridis (X)
Greece
Local time: 02:00
Native speaker of: Greek

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

fixation agent

Explanation:
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Note added at 12 minutes (2010-04-28 14:43:35 GMT)
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A fixation agent is a chemical that is capable to fixate one substance to another substance that the first substance have little affinity to.

kashew
France
Local time: 01:00
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English
PRO pts in category: 51

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

fixative

Explanation:
Used to stabilise the chemicals found in solution

Bashiqa
France
Local time: 01:00
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 33

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Thanks Bashiqua

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