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Offline zsinger

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Verbage question: stuck on a phrase in a paper.
« on: May 31, 2014, 08:17:38 PM »
This is a paper regarding the true pH calculations requiring activities of solution to be considered.  The paper uses the following phrase: "intensity of the chemical properties".  What exactly are they speaking of?  Im commmfuzzed….. :).  In 6 years so far of chemical study, I have never heard that verbiage.  Thanks in advance.
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Re: Verbage question: stuck on a phrase in a paper.
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2014, 08:01:50 AM »
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"intensity of the chemical properties"

Yeah, that's a funny turn of phrase.  But you may be able to figure it out with more context.  It could be a bad translation, or archaic wording.  Or like you said, just plain weirdness.
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Re: Verbage question: stuck on a phrase in a paper.
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2014, 09:32:25 PM »
I agree with Arkcon on this one. If the paper really is about "the true pH calculations", then I expect this is being explained in the paper or why they don't use 'activity' as I think you would otherwise find.
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