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  2. Gram - Wikipedia

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    The gram (originally gramme; [1] SI unit symbol g) is a unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one thousandth of a kilogram . Originally defined as of 1795 as "the absolute weight of a volume of pure water equal to the cube of the hundredth part of a metre [1 cm 3 ], and at the temperature of melting ice ", [2] the ...

  3. Saponification value - Wikipedia

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    1000 is the conversion factor for milligrams to grams 56.1 is the molar mass of KOH. For instance, triolein, a triglyceride occurring in many fats and oils, has three oleic acid residues esterified to a molecule of glycerol with a total MW of 885.4 (g / mol). Therefore, its SV equals 190 mg KOH / g sample.

  4. International unit - Wikipedia

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    In pharmacology, the international unit ( IU) is a unit of measurement for the effect or biological activity of a substance, for the purpose of easier comparison across similar forms of substances. International units are used to quantify vitamins and biologics ( hormones, some medications, vaccines, blood products and similar biologically ...

  5. Curie (unit) - Wikipedia

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    37 GBq. SI base unit. 3.7 × 1010 s −1. Sample of cobalt-60 that emits 1 μCi (microcurie) of radioactivity; i.e. 37,000 decays per second. The curie (symbol Ci) is a non- SI unit of radioactivity originally defined in 1910. According to a notice in Nature at the time, it was to be named in honour of Pierre Curie, [1] but was considered at ...

  6. Grain (unit) - Wikipedia

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    64.79891 mg. A grain is a unit of measurement of mass, and in the troy weight, avoirdupois, and apothecaries' systems, equal to exactly 64.798 91 milligrams. It is nominally based upon the mass of a single ideal seed of a cereal. From the Bronze Age into the Renaissance, the average masses of wheat and barley grains were part of the legal ...

  7. Acid value - Wikipedia

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    Acid value. In chemistry, acid value ( AV, acid number, neutralization number or acidity) is a number used to quantify the acidity of a given chemical substance. It is the quantity of base (usually potassium hydroxide (KOH)), expressed as milligrams of KOH required to neutralize the acidic constituents in 1 gram of a sample.

  8. Orders of magnitude (mass) - Wikipedia

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    The tonne (t) is an SI-compatible unit of mass equal to a megagram (Mg), or 10 3 kg. The unit is in common use for masses above about 10 3 kg and is often used with SI prefixes. For example, a gigagram ( Gg ) or 10 9 g is 10 3 tonnes, commonly called a kilotonne .

  9. Metric system - Wikipedia

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    Metric system. A kilogram mass and three metric measuring devices: a tape measure in centimetres, a thermometer in degrees Celsius, and a multimeter that measures potential in volts, current in amperes and resistance in ohms. The metric system is a decimal -based system of measurement. The current international standard for the metric system is ...