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eau q.s.p.f.

English translation: quantité suffisante pour faire

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French term or phrase:q.s.p.f.
English translation:quantité suffisante pour faire
Entered by: Félicien Sirois

15:53 Nov 17, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Medical: Instruments / chemical analysis procedure
French term or phrase: eau q.s.p.f.
Unfortunately I cannot provide more context than this. The term "eau q.s." also appears. Both refer to the type of water used to bring a quantity "to volume" in a flask for further analysis.
Félicien Sirois
United States
Local time: 12:19
quantité suffisante pour faire
Explanation:
it's exactly as you said - quantity sufficient to make up a certain amount. I'm not sure if these are the exact words.
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Angela Dickson (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:19
Grading comment
Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5water q.s. to
Helen Genevier
3 +5quantité suffisante pour faire
Angela Dickson (X)


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
quantité suffisante pour faire


Explanation:
it's exactly as you said - quantity sufficient to make up a certain amount. I'm not sure if these are the exact words.

Angela Dickson (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mark Nathan: check the glossaries, I think we've had this before
5 mins
agree  Tony M: Yes, we've certainly had q.s. before, I believe it is Latin and stays the same in FR and EN.
36 mins
agree  Drmanu49
2 hrs
agree  Rachel Fell
3 hrs
agree  narasimha (X)
11 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
water q.s. to


Explanation:
qspf is quantité suffisante pour faire and qsp is quantité suffisante pour (foolowed by final volume). In UK it is q.s. to (quantum satis or quantum sufficit)

eg http://omrf.ouhsc.edu/~frank/ACRYL.html
DNA Polyacrylamide Gels30% Acrylamide Solution (0.8% bis): 60 g acrylamide: 1.6 g bis: Heat to dissolve in approximately 100 ml of water. QS to 200 ml with water and filter with ...

http://www.homepage.montana.edu/~kmcinner/documents/Euk_one_...
RNase-free water qs to 12 uL qs to 11 uL



Helen Genevier
France
Local time: 19:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hervé du Verle
21 mins
agree  Tony M
32 mins
agree  Drmanu49
2 hrs
agree  Rachel Fell
3 hrs
agree  sktrans
6 hrs
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