On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 17:56:16 -0500, A.J. Padilla, M.D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Imagine that you have some water and want to quantify it. > It fills a one-pint container > It weighs one pound (or 454 gm, or thereabouts) > Which is more valid, or "superior" - volume or weight? > Always? > > Peace. > > Al Specific Gravity. Doesn't vary. Of course for water, which is the base substance for comparing liquids, it won't help you in quantifying the water above. Unless... you have minerals and other impurities in the water that is in your one-pint container. Then how far you deviate from the specific gravity of pure water will tell you how impure your water is, and maybe give you an idea if you really want to drink the liquid in your one-pint container. :) The Other. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
