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balance to 100%

English translation: all the rest to make up to 100%

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English term or phrase:balance to 100%
Selected answer:all the rest to make up to 100%
Entered by: Martin Riordan

18:01 Sep 5, 2011
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng / chemical products
English term or phrase: balance to 100%
Other ingredients determined not to be hazardous - balance to 100%.

balance has so many options - how would you describe this one?
thanks!

This material contains a Class I ozone depleting substance under Section 611 of the Clean Air Act Amendments.
Other ingredients determined not to be hazardous - balance to 100%.
The trimethylbenzene isomers are components of the petroleum naphtha.
Darko Kolega
Croatia
Local time: 18:36
compete with these materials to 100% (full weight)
Explanation:
I believe that the "other ingredients" are inert materials used to make the mixture up to its total weight. This is a way of diluting pure ingredients in a chemical mixture.

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Note added at 28 mins (2011-09-05 18:30:34 GMT)
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Correction: the first word should be "complete".

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Note added at 17 hrs (2011-09-06 11:13:28 GMT)
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The consensus is that the word "balance" is a noun, in which case the explanation would change slightly to "the remaining amount necessary to make up 100%".

In drug composition tables, when an inactive substance is used to make up the full quantity, it is described as "Excipients Q.S. to nnn mg" where QS stands for "quantity sufficient".
http://www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/Discuss/Excipients-Q-S-...
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Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 13:36
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4 +2compete with these materials to 100% (full weight)
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compete with these materials to 100% (full weight)


Explanation:
I believe that the "other ingredients" are inert materials used to make the mixture up to its total weight. This is a way of diluting pure ingredients in a chemical mixture.

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Note added at 28 mins (2011-09-05 18:30:34 GMT)
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Correction: the first word should be "complete".

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Note added at 17 hrs (2011-09-06 11:13:28 GMT)
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The consensus is that the word "balance" is a noun, in which case the explanation would change slightly to "the remaining amount necessary to make up 100%".

In drug composition tables, when an inactive substance is used to make up the full quantity, it is described as "Excipients Q.S. to nnn mg" where QS stands for "quantity sufficient".
http://www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/Discuss/Excipients-Q-S-...

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 13:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: This is sort of like QSP, isn't it? / But I think it really means "all the rest to make up to 100%"
21 mins
  -> Thank you for calling my attention! Yes, QSP in PT, or "Excipients Q.S." in EN.
agree  amarpaul: Tony is correct ... "all the rest to make up to 100%"
15 hrs
  -> Thanks, amarpaul!
agree  Phong Le
19 hrs
  -> Thank you, Phong Le!
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