dipolimeros y terpolimeros

English translation: copolymers and terpolymers

17:17 Jan 2, 2018
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.)
Spanish term or phrase: dipolimeros y terpolimeros
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Estoy traduciendo la pagina web de una fabricante de caucho y aparecen los conceptos en cuestiòn de la siguiente manera: "dipolímeros y terpolimeros son los cauchos resistentes a altas temperaturas y las piezas fabricadas con ellos tienen la mayor resistencia conocida a los productos químicos más agresivos como hidrocarburos o ácidos". Desde ya, muchas gracias por su ayuda.
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English translation:copolymers and terpolymers
Explanation:


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Note added at 7 mins (2018-01-02 17:25:03 GMT)
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"A polymer derived from more than one species of monomer. Note: Copolymers that are obtained by copolymerization of two monomer species are sometimes termed bipolymers, those obtained from three monomers terpolymers, those obtained from four monomers quaterpolymers, etc."

Terpolímeros son aquellos conformados por tres tipos de monómeros, como el ABS

"Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) is a common thermoplastic polymer. Its glass transition temperature is approximately 105 °C (221 °F). ABS is amorphous and therefore has no true melting point. ABS is a terpolymer made by polymerizing styrene and acrylonitrile in the presence of polybutadiene."

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Note added at 9 mins (2018-01-02 17:26:30 GMT)
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El término "dipolymer" no es muy común

"Homopolymers, Copolymers and Terpolymers - easy as 1, 2, 3
https://www.brentwoodplastics.com/.../homopolymers-copolymer...
Mar 31, 2016 - Let's start with the common thread "polymer" first. " Poly " comes from the Greek word for many. As it pertains to plastic, it means many of the building blocks of monomers such as ethylene, propylene, styrene, etc. strung together in long chains to add up to polymers."

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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-01-02 21:06:15 GMT)
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co·pol·y·mer
kōˈpäləmər/Submit
nounCHEMISTRY
a polymer made by reaction of **two** different monomers, with units of more than one kind.
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copolymers and terpolymers


Explanation:


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Note added at 7 mins (2018-01-02 17:25:03 GMT)
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"A polymer derived from more than one species of monomer. Note: Copolymers that are obtained by copolymerization of two monomer species are sometimes termed bipolymers, those obtained from three monomers terpolymers, those obtained from four monomers quaterpolymers, etc."

Terpolímeros son aquellos conformados por tres tipos de monómeros, como el ABS

"Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) is a common thermoplastic polymer. Its glass transition temperature is approximately 105 °C (221 °F). ABS is amorphous and therefore has no true melting point. ABS is a terpolymer made by polymerizing styrene and acrylonitrile in the presence of polybutadiene."

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Note added at 9 mins (2018-01-02 17:26:30 GMT)
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El término "dipolymer" no es muy común

"Homopolymers, Copolymers and Terpolymers - easy as 1, 2, 3
https://www.brentwoodplastics.com/.../homopolymers-copolymer...
Mar 31, 2016 - Let's start with the common thread "polymer" first. " Poly " comes from the Greek word for many. As it pertains to plastic, it means many of the building blocks of monomers such as ethylene, propylene, styrene, etc. strung together in long chains to add up to polymers."

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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-01-02 21:06:15 GMT)
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co·pol·y·mer
kōˈpäləmər/Submit
nounCHEMISTRY
a polymer made by reaction of **two** different monomers, with units of more than one kind.

Yvonne Becker
Local time: 21:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: Surely, based on your first reference, the answer should be bipolymer -- or dipolymer, which gets plenty of hits. It doesn't say "copolímeros".
13 mins
  -> I am a polymer engineer and had never seen it used this way before today and we used almost only English papers and books in college

agree  Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
5 hrs
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