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English term or phrase:
balance to 100%
English answer:
all the rest to make up to 100%
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Martin Riordan
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balance to 100%
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chemical products
Other ingredients determined not to be hazardous - balance to 100%.
balance has so many options - how would you describe this one?
thanks!
This material contains a Class I ozone depleting substance under Section 611 of the Clean Air Act Amendments.
Other ingredients determined not to be hazardous - balance to 100%.
The trimethylbenzene isomers are components of the petroleum naphtha.
balance has so many options - how would you describe this one?
thanks!
This material contains a Class I ozone depleting substance under Section 611 of the Clean Air Act Amendments.
Other ingredients determined not to be hazardous - balance to 100%.
The trimethylbenzene isomers are components of the petroleum naphtha.
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compete with these materials to 100% (full weight)
I believe that the "other ingredients" are inert materials used to make the mixture up to its total weight. This is a way of diluting pure ingredients in a chemical mixture.
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Note added at 28 mins (2011-09-05 18:30:34 GMT)
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Correction: the first word should be "complete".
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Note added at 17 hrs (2011-09-06 11:13:28 GMT)
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The consensus is that the word "balance" is a noun, in which case the explanation would change slightly to "the remaining amount necessary to make up 100%".
In drug composition tables, when an inactive substance is used to make up the full quantity, it is described as "Excipients Q.S. to nnn mg" where QS stands for "quantity sufficient".
http://www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/Discuss/Excipients-Q-S-...
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Note added at 28 mins (2011-09-05 18:30:34 GMT)
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Correction: the first word should be "complete".
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Note added at 17 hrs (2011-09-06 11:13:28 GMT)
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The consensus is that the word "balance" is a noun, in which case the explanation would change slightly to "the remaining amount necessary to make up 100%".
In drug composition tables, when an inactive substance is used to make up the full quantity, it is described as "Excipients Q.S. to nnn mg" where QS stands for "quantity sufficient".
http://www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/Discuss/Excipients-Q-S-...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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