Octanol/water partition coefficient

Swedish translation: n-oktanol/vatten-fördelningskoefficient

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English term or phrase:Octanol/water partition coefficient
Swedish translation:n-oktanol/vatten-fördelningskoefficient
Entered by: aventura22

01:12 May 17, 2012
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Science - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng / Ugnsrengörare
English term or phrase: Octanol/water partition coefficient
Octanol/water partition coefficient : Not applicable.
Under underrubriken: Fysikaliska och kemiska egenskaper
aventura22
Sweden
Local time: 18:30
n-oktanol/vatten-fördelningskoefficient
Explanation:
In the sloppy happy go lucky style one skips the "n-" and the 2nd hyphen in modern Swedish and writes "oktanol/vatten fördelningskoefficient"; I don't like it.
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Sven Petersson
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Local time: 18:30
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5 +1n-oktanol/vatten-fördelningskoefficient
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octanol/water partition coefficient
n-oktanol/vatten-fördelningskoefficient


Explanation:
In the sloppy happy go lucky style one skips the "n-" and the 2nd hyphen in modern Swedish and writes "oktanol/vatten fördelningskoefficient"; I don't like it.

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 18:30
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Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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