Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
factorización
English translation:
titration to find/calculate the dilution factor
Added to glossary by
Alayna Keller
Sep 3, 2014 08:21
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Spanish term
factorización
Spanish to English
Science
Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
Laboratory analyses
These are instructions for carrying out a chemical analysis of a cosmetic product. European Spanish. One of the steps in the procedure is "factorización de la disolución de yodo 0.1 N". Another example is this line of the instructions: "El proceso de factorización de la concentración de yodo será el siguiente: ... Para obtener la normalidad exacta de la disolución de yodo a factorizar, se aplicará la siguiente ecuación..."
I see from a Spanish chemistry web site that factorizar means "acción de cálculo del factor de una disolución mediante una titulación", and that definitely is what these instructions are about. I also see from Google that "In chemistry, the equivalent concentration or normality of a solution is defined as the molar concentration divided by an equivalence factor feq." Would we talk about factoring or factorizing a solution, or would "factorización" be something along the lines of "finding the equivalence factor of the 0.1 N iodine solution?" Thanks for any help. Chemistry is not my bag, obviously.
I see from a Spanish chemistry web site that factorizar means "acción de cálculo del factor de una disolución mediante una titulación", and that definitely is what these instructions are about. I also see from Google that "In chemistry, the equivalent concentration or normality of a solution is defined as the molar concentration divided by an equivalence factor feq." Would we talk about factoring or factorizing a solution, or would "factorización" be something along the lines of "finding the equivalence factor of the 0.1 N iodine solution?" Thanks for any help. Chemistry is not my bag, obviously.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +2 | titration |
neilmac
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| 4 +1 | reduction / reducing a solucion |
Chris Maddux
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Change log
Sep 4, 2014 13:02: Alayna Keller changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/84099">Alayna Keller's</a> old entry - "factorización"" to ""finding the dilution factor""
Proposed translations
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titration
According to the asker's definition: "factorizar means "acción de cálculo del factor de una disolución mediante una titulación", it sounds like they just mean "titulación" (titration). I may be wrong, hence average confidence level.
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Note from asker:
| Perhaps this is so. It makes sense, for sure. If there is another word, or even phrase, that will work, I would prefer it, however, as titration does appear at other points of the text, and I'd like to preserve any distinction (assuming that there is one). Thanks for the answer and the reference. |
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Chris Maddux
: http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/Class/che131/lectures/Lec-34-Chap-0...
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They could use both in the sentence...
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Neil Ashby
: With the equation provided by Alayna, the source is definitely describing a titration to discover the dilution factor.
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Comment: "What I went for in the end was "finding the dilution factor", which was not actually a proposed answer. All the discussion was extremely helpful, everybody! Thanks."
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Chris Maddux
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reduction / reducing a solucion
Typically you reduce a substance to a certain concentration of said amounts.
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-09-03 09:28:23 GMT)
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http://www.chem.ucla.edu/~gchemlab/soln_conc_web.htm
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Chemistry-including-Biochemistry-...
http://www.ehow.com/how_8425643_change-molarity-solution.htm...
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-09-03 09:28:23 GMT)
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http://www.chem.ucla.edu/~gchemlab/soln_conc_web.htm
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Chemistry-including-Biochemistry-...
http://www.ehow.com/how_8425643_change-molarity-solution.htm...
Note from asker:
| Thanks, Chris. The instructions are for a process for finding some number value (referred to briefly as "el factor") with regard to a solution, and there's a lot of diluting going on in order to collect data on final volumes, but there's no reducing involved (as far as I can tell, which I grant is limited). I do appreciate your time, thanks. |
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neilmac
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Neil Ashby
: This sounds like you are either reducing the oxidation state of the main ion of interest in the solution or as in cooking, reducing by boiling which would actually increase conc. I understand that you mean "reduce the conc. of the solution" but = "dilute"
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Thanks Neil!
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Discussion
I believe a more appropriate entry for the glossary would be "titration to find/calculate the dilution factor", I think it is important that "titration" is included ;@)
5) "V_y es el volumen de la solución de yodo 0.1N a valorar." >>> "...the volume of 0.1N iodine solution to be titrated." [valorar = to titrate, this is the typically used term, rather than "factorizar",
The source uses both "valorar" and "factorizar", depending on the context they can both be "titrate"......but "factorizar" does have the connotation of "titrate in order to find the dilution factor which is then to be used for diluting the stock solution." - but then that is often the reason one performs a titration anyway - to discover a dilution factor or very often to discover the conc. of an unknown.
You are using the process of "titration", as NeilMac has stated, and later (I imagine) the result and purpose of this titration is to give the "dilution factor" - simply a number with no units (the eqn. confirms this as its units would be mL/mL = no units, i.e. a factor). Afterward the dilution factor is used to dilute a 'stock solution' (solución madre/patron) down to the concentrations required for the next part of the procedure.
For example,
1) "factorización de la disolución de yodo 0.1 N" >>> "titration of the 0.1 N iodine solution"
2) "El proceso de factorización de la concentración de yodo será el siguiente" >>> "The following procedure is/can be used to calculate the iodine [solution] dilution factor:" (here "factorización" is almost like "taking into account the initial iodine sol. conc. in order to dilute it accurately")
3) "Para obtener la normalidad exacta de la disolución de yodo a factorizar" >>> "To attain the exact normality of the iodine solution [i.e. the initial stock solution] to be diluted...."
cont.......
Factor = (V_T ×F_T)/V_y
Donde: F es el factor de la solución de yodo 0.1 N (parámetro a determinar).
V_T es el volumen de tiosulfato 0.1 N de normalidad exactamente conocida gastada en la factorización.
F_T es el factor del tiosulfato.
V_y es el volumen de la solución de yodo 0.1N a valorar.
I hope the equation clears things up for those who understand. Even without understanding it too well myself, I expect that you are right, and it is going to be "finding the dilution factor".
Can you provide the equation, it may help a lot?
Also any information about what is done with the 0.1 N iodine solution after it has been "factorizada"?
I suspect it might be "finding the dilution factor of the....."
The equation may reveal all in a flash ;@)
TIA