paraffin test

См. также в других словарях:

• paraffin test — noun : a test in which a paraffin cast of the hand of a person suspected of firing a gun is subjected to chemical analysis to determine the presence of powder particles * * * paraffin test noun A test using paraffin to detect trace elements left… …   Useful english dictionary

• Paraffin — Metallisches Natrium unter Paraffinöl Industrielles Paraffinwachs in Pastillenform Para …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Paraffin — For the fuel called paraffin in the United Kingdom and South Africa, see Kerosene. For other uses, see Paraffin (disambiguation). In chemistry, paraffin is a term that can be used synonymously with alkane , indicating hydrocarbons with the… …   Wikipedia

• test — I n. examination, set of questions 1) to administer, conduct, give a test 2) to draw up, make up, set (BE) a test 3) to take a test 4) to fail; pass a test 5) a demanding, difficult; easy test 6) an achievement; aptitude; intelligence; loyalty… …   Combinatory dictionary

• paraffin — Synonyms and related words: alcohol, avgas, benzine, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, charcoal, coal, coal oil, coke, combustible, crude, crude oil, dope, electricity, ethane, ethanol, ethyl, ethyl gas, fireball, firing, flammable, flammable… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Oxidations-Fermentations-Test — Der Hugh Leifson Test, auch Oxidations Fermentations Test oder OF Test, dient in der Mikrobiologie zur Untersuchung von Bakterien auf ihre Fähigkeit zur Säurebildung aus Kohlenhydraten unter oxischen und unter anoxischen Kulturbedingungen. Das… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Sweat test — The sweat test measures the concentration of chloride and sodium that is excreted in sweat. It is used to diagnose cystic fibrosis (CF).BackgroundCystic fibrosis is caused by defects in a protein found in many tissues, including the airways and… …   Wikipedia

• Hugh-Leifson-Test — Der Hugh Leifson Test, auch Oxidations Fermentations Test oder OF Test, dient in der Mikrobiologie zur Untersuchung von Bakterien auf ihre Fähigkeit zur Säurebildung aus Kohlenhydraten unter oxischen und unter anoxischen Kulturbedingungen. Das… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• dermal nitrate test —    An obsolete and unreliable test to determine if a person has fired a firearm. The test consists of treating paraffin casts taken of a person’s hands with diphenylamine which is a reagent that reacts positively with most oxidizing agents …   Forensic science glossary

• high test — Synonyms and related words: avgas, crude, crude oil, ethyl, ethyl gas, fossil oil, gas, gasoline, high octane gas, kerosene, lead free gas, low lead gas, motor oil, paraffin, petrol, petroleum, premium gas, regular, rock oil …   Moby Thesaurus

• cloud test — The method (ASTM D 97) for determining the temperature, known as cloud point, at which paraffin wax or other solid substances begin to crystallize out or separate from solution when an oil is chilled under specified conditions …   Petroleum refining glossary