Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

Ataque – água régia

English translation:

Attack - aqua regia

Added to glossary by R. Alex Jenkins
Sep 24, 2009 16:36
14 yrs ago
Portuguese term

Ataque – água régia

Portuguese to English Tech/Engineering Metallurgy / Casting Metallurgial tests
Fig 16 – Microestrutura do material da válvula.
Magnification – 1000 X
Ataque – água régia
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 Attack - agua regia
Change log

Sep 29, 2009 11:56: R. Alex Jenkins Created KOG entry

Sep 29, 2009 11:57: R. Alex Jenkins changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/134209">R. Alex Jenkins's</a> old entry - "Ataque – água régia"" to ""Attack - aqua regia""

Proposed translations

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Attack - agua regia

Sorry, it's just literal - used in English.

Aqua regia or aqua regis (Latin for royal water or king's water) is a highly ... and a few other metals are capable of withstanding chemical attack from it. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_regia

e.g.

The action of aqua regia on palladium and platinum yields ... susceptible to attack by aqua regia if it is dispersed in an alloy that is dissolved by this ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0309026407...

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Note added at 7 mins (2009-09-24 16:44:22 GMT)
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"also called nitro-hydrochloric acid"

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Note added at 25 mins (2009-09-24 17:02:10 GMT)
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Mike - it's AQUA REGIA - with a 'Q'. Sorry, I typed it quickly.
Peer comment(s):

agree Maria José Tavares (X)
16 mins
Cheers, Maria :) Actually, I typed it wrong - it's 'Aqua' not 'Agua'.
agree Claudio Mazotti
45 mins
Cheers, Claudio :)
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