Jan 7, 2008 23:17
16 yrs ago
German term

überdestilliert

German to English Tech/Engineering Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng distillation / overdistillation for total formaldehyde determination
Es werden etwa 245 ml Lösung überdestilliert (Destillationszeit 25 Minuten).

Is this simpy
"245 ml of the solution are overdistilled"? And what is overdistillation?

Thanks
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 distill
5 distilled
Change log

Jan 8, 2008 09:37: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "Überdestilliert" to "überdestilliert"

Proposed translations

+4
1 hr
Selected

distill

Überdestillieren and destillieren are the same. Überdestillieren just emphasizes, that something is going from one side to the other
Peer comment(s):

agree Gillian Scheibelein
7 hrs
agree Jonathan MacKerron : "distilled over"
8 hrs
agree conny : with Jonathan, supported by the Ernst Dict.
8 hrs
agree Chester Claff
1 day 21 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you, sibsab! Thanks to all who confirmed."
1 day 23 hrs

distilled

distilled. HOWEVER, aside from that, it should properly be stated that 245 ml IS distilled! (Not ARE distilled - 245 ml is singular).
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