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  2. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    Avoirdupois is a system of mass based on a pound of 16 ounces, while Troy weight is the system of mass where 12 troy ounces equals one troy pound. The symbol g 0 is used to denote standard gravity in order to avoid confusion with the (upright) g symbol for gram.

  3. Molality - Wikipedia

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    The term molality is formed in analogy to molarity which is the molar concentration of a solution. The earliest known use of the intensive property molality and of its adjectival unit, the now-deprecated molal, appears to have been published by G. N. Lewis and M. Randall in the 1923 publication of Thermodynamics and the Free Energies of Chemical Substances. [3]

  4. Baker percentage - Wikipedia

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    The flour's mass times the formula percentage equals the formula mass: [11] ... ≈237 mL [note 6] g oz g oz g oz water [note 7] 1 [note 8] 249–250 8.8 283–284 10

  5. Imperial and US customary measurement systems - Wikipedia

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    In 1832, in the absence of any direction by Congress, the United States Treasury chose the second smallest gallon, the "Queen Anne gallon" of 231 cubic inches (3.785 litres), to be the official gallon in the United States for fiscal purposes. Sixteen US fluid ounces make a US pint (8 pints equals 1 gallon in both customary and imperial systems).

  6. Blood alcohol content - Wikipedia

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    For example, in the 1930s Widmark measured alcohol and blood by mass, and thus reported his concentrations in units of g/kg or mg/g, weight alcohol per weight blood. Blood is denser than water and 1 mL of blood has a mass of approximately 1.055 grams, thus a mass-volume BAC of 1 g/L corresponds to a mass-mass BAC of 0.948 mg/g.

  7. Sodium chloride - Wikipedia

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    Sodium chloride / ˌ s oʊ d i ə m ˈ k l ɔːr aɪ d /, [8] commonly known as edible salt, is an ionic compound with the chemical formula NaCl, representing a 1:1 ratio of sodium and chlorine ions.

  8. 7.62×51mm NATO - Wikipedia

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    The 7.62×51mm NATO has a 3.38 mL (52.0 gr H 2 O) cartridge case capacity. The exterior shape of the case was designed to promote reliable case feeding and extraction in bolt-action rifles and machine guns alike, under extreme conditions. 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge dimensions. All dimensions in millimeters (mm). [23]

  9. List of organisms named after famous people (born before 1800 ...

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    Taxon Type Namesake Notes Taxon image Namesake image Ref Abditusdyadus khayyammii † Ghavidel-Syooki & Piri-Kangarshahi, 2021: Cryptospore: Omar Khayyam: A cryptospore from the Ordovician of Razavi Khorasan, Iran, whose name "Refers to Omar Khayyam Neyshaburi, a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet (born on May 18, 1048, ACE in Neyshabur [, Razavi Khorasan province]; died on December 4 ...