Re: Stock Paint:Gum Solutions?

[Alberto Novo <alt.list@albertonovo.it>]

it is a very precise but (for the common people) less meaningful way to say 
"a molecular weight of 25000".
RMM means Relative [to 12C] Molecular Mass;
the Dalton (kD is its multiple) is the universal mass unit, which is 
referred to 1/12 of the mass of an unbound atom of carbon-12. 
Alberto 
Alberto 
> Thanks Katharine, 
> I will have to translate "a RMM around 25kd" -> currently it doesn't mean
> anything to me :) 
> Regards,
> Loris. 
>
> 24 Ekim 2008, Cuma, 8:04 pm tarihinde, Katharine Thayer yazmýþ:
> > I found the information from Mike Ware on PVA for Loris: 
> > "We found an 88% hydrolyzed PVA, with an RMM around 25 kd in 20% w/v
> > solution to offer the best all-around results--comparable to 14
> > Baume' gum." 
> > "If you make any public use of this information, please cite it as
> > follows:  Stephen Beckett, M. Phil. Thesis, University of Derby (UK)
> > November, 1993,  (A private communication from Mike Ware)." 
> > Katharine