Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

overspannen

English translation:

stretch over

Added to glossary by Max Nuijens
Mar 25, 2009 17:17
15 yrs ago
Dutch term

overspannen

Dutch to English Science Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
overspan een meetbeker met een polypropyleenfolie van 12.7 µm
vul deze beker minstens halfvol met het .. staal


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Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 stretch over
Change log

Apr 8, 2009 06:03: Max Nuijens Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

+2
18 mins
Selected

stretch over

Like this:
"Stretch a polypropylene film of ... over a ...."

Example:
"A special group of sealing and wrapping films is used to cover and seal laboratory dishes, glasses, Petri dishes, biological culture cells, and other containers by stretching the film over the vessel or item to be sealed."

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Note added at 56 mins (2009-03-25 18:13:34 GMT)
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:-)

I can imagine that polypropylene has a strong elasticity, allowing it to be pierced with a syringe filled with the solution the vessel or beaker should be filled with. After filling, the syringe can be pulled back, after which the plastic film closes the hole poked into it due to its elastic properties. I cannot confirm whether this is the case with your polypropylene film, but I am quite sure I remember having seen containers stretched with plastic being pricked with a syringe when I was in my first year as a biology student.
Note from asker:
that sounds reasonable, but how do you fill the beaker if it has film over it?
Peer comment(s):

agree Kitty Brussaard : Convincing :-) Indeed, your answer reflects a piercing insight into the matter :-)
3 hrs
you mean my Piercing Syringe Theory? ;-)
agree Lianne van de Ven : If you read bad cookbooks they often don't follow logical steps either....
9 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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