Weights and Measures

An understanding of weights and measures is fundamental to using scientific principles in any field, including art conservation. This tutorial assumes knowledge of basic math such as orders of magnitude, ratios, and percentages.

One useful source of this information is Prindle, Anthony; Prindle, Katie; Math the Easy Way; Easy Way Series, 4 edition; Barron’s Educational Series: Hauppauge, New York, 2003.

After completing this tutorial, you will be able to:

• Define a mole in terms of number atoms or molecules and in terms of molecular weight
• Define molarity of a solution
• Calculate the amount of solvent needed to prepare a solution of different molarity from a solution of known molarity
• Define weight/weight and weight/volume percentage of solutions
• Define the percentage by volume of a solution
  

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Useful links on this topic:

• Prindle, Anthony; Prindle, Katie; Math the Easy Way; Easy Way Series, 4 edition; Barron’s Educational Series: Hauppauge, New York, 2003.