Author Topic: solution %  (Read 8550 times)

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armageddon

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I see
« Reply #20 on: August 17, 2004, 04:43:00 PM »
I see, w/v isn't a real *percentage* in the mathematical sense but rather a (nevertheless useful) *unit* for concentrations of solutions consisting of dissolved (solid) substances. Therefore my "w/v" post didn't exactly answer the question of this thread ("what does % mean?").

I just wasn't happy with your suggestion to change my supplier because of "unscientific measurement/labelling"... :)

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hypo

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PS:
« Reply #21 on: August 19, 2004, 09:52:00 AM »
the whole absurdity of stating a %(w/v) should become clear when
you give the %age of a concentrated H2SO4 solution: it has 180%!
what the heck is a 180% solution!? is there more in the solution
than the solution itself!? if i ever make such a thing i know what
to do: drop it and run as fast as i can out of fear that if colapses
into a singularity and opens a worm hole... i mean having a few ml of
physical impossibility can not be healthy....  :P

and while we're at it, %(v/v) sucks too for everything but perfect
gases or liquids: with what volume are you working, the volume of
the pure isolated substance or the effective volume inside the
solution? i think i'll write a nastygramm to my beer supplier...


r2e3

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damned
« Reply #22 on: August 20, 2004, 02:04:00 AM »
chemists......

still vex the hell out of me.. >:(  :-[  ::)

why not maths god???