Re: by weight or volume? ... & preservative?

From: Greg Schmitz ^lt;gws1@columbia.edu>
Date: 12/02/03-10:40:49 AM Z
Message-id: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0312021138020.11273@hazelnut.cc.columbia.edu>

Judy,

Alberto is correct. I should have written, to make a 10% solution,
dissolve 10 grams of gum arabic in a quantity of water and then add
water to bring the total volume of the solution to 100 ml.

-greg

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Alberto Novo wrote:

> It is a 10/(10+100)=9% weight/weight solution. Go figure what happens when this ratio increases...
>
> > Judy, it does not matter (weight/volume). 10 grams of gum arabic in 100ml
> > of water makes a 10% solution.
> >
> > -greg
> >
Received on Tue Dec 2 10:41:00 2003

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