At 20 C the density of pure water is .998234 grams. Close enough for what we are doing to assume 1.
Marshall James Osbourne, Holmes wrote: > I have some vague memory that one mL of water does in fact not quite weigh > one gram. There was a calibration error early in the set-up of the system. > Same for the meter which is supposed to be some exact fraction of the > distance from the equator to the pole, but is not exact either. > James Osbourne, Holmes > > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Schramm [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, July 31, 1999 9:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CS>How many mililiters in a cup? > > << File: ATT00005.html >> In the hopes that we in America will join the > rest of the civilized world in adopting the metric system soon .... > > The English system of liquid measure is based on the "Pint is a Pound" > concept. A pint of water weighs a pound (ok, at some given temperature?) > which is 454 (plus some fraction) grams. A liter of water weighs 1000 > grams, by definition. So a pint is 454 ml. There are 2 cups to a pint so > a cup is 227 ml. > -----Original Message----- > From: Liz Pavek <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, July 31, 1999 7:25 AM > Subject: CS>How many mililiters in a cup? > > Look on a measuring cup, because they all have both US and Metric > measurements right on them. > > Liz > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
