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22:26 Dec 11, 2006 |
Finnish to English translations [PRO] Science - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng | |||||||
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4 +1 | plane ground joint flask |
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4 | flat-bottom ground joint flask |
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flat-bottom ground joint flask Explanation: Let's analyse a little. 'Kolvi' is a (heating) flask used in laboratories. 'Hios' means a (conical) ground (glass) joint. 'Taso-' can theoretically refer to both 'hios' and 'kolvi'. Apparently it is only 'kolvi' that here can be referred by 'taso-'. Then, what can 'taso-' (flat surface) mean here. The only logical conclusion I can come up to is that it is a flask that is meant to be placed on a flat surface. And, really, there are two types of these (laboratory heating) flasks. One with round-bottom (to be hanged above a Bunsen burner) and one with flat-bottom (to be placed on a stovetop). On this site http://www.laborexin.fi/sivut/lasi/h_lasi/Hioskolvit-esite.p... they tell about 'pyöreäpohjaiset' (round-bottom) and 'tasapohjaiset' (flat-bottom) 'kolvit'. So, I am quite convinced that 'tasohioskolvi' is just a shorter name for 'tasapohjainen hioskolvi' (flat-bottom ground joint flask). 'Plane ground joint flask' can apparently mean the same (tells Google), but 'plane flask' seems also to mean 'litteä pullo' ('taskumatti' if used for "traveller's first-aid liqueur storage") |
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plane ground joint flask Explanation: . -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 hrs (2006-12-12 15:02:51 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- it is plane-ground joint flask, as in the link http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6426381.html PREPARATION EXAMPLES Example 1 124.5 g of oxidatively degraded potato starch (Perfectamyl.RTM. A 4692 from Avebe) are dispersed in 985 g of demineralized water and dissolved by heating to 86.degree. C. under nitrogen in a 2 l flask having a plane-ground joint and a stirrer, reflux condenser and jacket heating. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 hrs (2006-12-12 15:04:02 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Here "plane", of course, defines ground, not flask. |
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