A direct way of converting metric to english and vice versa is to use "Master Converter".
You can use google to search the url. This is better than to use approximations.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Remember that water weighs 1 kilogram per litre, by the originaldefinition of the litre. If Joe's specif
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3.5 g/liter is 0.0035kg/liter
0.35kg is 350 grams
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From: Joe Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Lye -> Metric to Imperial Unit Conversions
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005
Remember that water weighs 1 kilogram per litre, by the original
definition of the litre. If Joe's specific gravity for the oil of
0.92 is exact, then the oil weighs 920 grams per litre.
Is the 1.0% supposed to be the amount of lye *solution* per litre of
oil (which would raise the question of wha
www.onlineconversion.com is very helpful!
What kind of oil?
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_yield.html
Where does the 1% come from?
Are you confusing the amounts of lye with titration?
NaOH for virgin oil is 3.5 grams/liter
0.1% w/v lye solution
About Lye:
http://journeytoforever.org/b
Hunter McCormack wrote:
> I am trying to understand the conversion of lye quantities from metric
> to imperial and I have stumped myself in the process.
>
> I understand from given data that lye is used in the amount 1.0% of
> the virgin vegetable oil weight. It's given that this is
> approx
I am trying to understand the conversion of lye quantities from metric to
imperial and I have stumped myself in the process.
I understand from given data that lye is used in the amount 1.0% of the
virgin vegetable oil weight. It's given that this is approximately 3.5
grams/liter. This implie
