1. 基礎的な情報などを説明する

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素材や手法の基礎的な情報や概要、各出典を説明するボキャブラリー

素材や手法の基礎的な情報や概要、そして、それぞれの出典を説明する

ここで学ぶボキャブラリーを大まかに３つに分類します。

研究論文で使われる一般的な動詞

例えば、attempt, consider, conduct, determine, investigate, report, suggest, verify
こうした動詞は、ほとんどIntroductionを書くときに使うボキャブラリーにも共通するものですので、もう一度そちらを見直すようにしてください。

あなたがしたことを具体的に表す動詞

例えば、calculate, extract, isolate, formulate, incorporate, modify, plot, simulate
以下に、これらの動詞をまとめましたので、チャックしてみてください。

研究説明での動詞
be acquired (from/by)	be carried out	be chosen
be conducted	be collected	be devised
be found in	be generated (by)	be modified
be obtained (from/by)	be performed (by/in)	be provided (by)
be purchased (from)	be supplied (by)	be used as supplied
be investigated

頻出の名詞、形容詞
all (of)	both (of)	each (of)
many (of)	most (of)	the majority (of)
(the) tests	(the) samples	(the) trials
(the) experiments	(the) equipment	(the) chemicals
(the) models	(the) instruments	(the) materials
be commercially available

使用例を見てみましょう。
All reactions were performed in a 27ml glass reactor ...
All cell lines were generated as previously described in ...
In the majority of the tests, buffers with pH of 8 were used in order to ...
Both experiments were performed in a greenhouse so that ...
The substrate was obtained from the Mushroom Research Centre ...
SSCE glass structures were used in this study of perform ...
The cylindrical lens was obtained from Newport USA and is shown in Fig. 3.
The materials investigated was a standard aluminium alloy; all melts were modified with sodium.
Topographical examination was carried out using a 3-D stylus instrument.
The experiments were conducted at a temperature of 0.5℃.
The impact tests used in this work were a modified version ...

あなたの研究分野特有の表現

これらは、自分の研究分野でのみ使える表現なので、一般性はありません。例えば、
clone, dissect, isotype, infuse
等です。こうした単語、表現は自分の研究分野の論文を読みながら学んでいってください。

Methodologyで基礎的な情報などを説明する