Re: What is the exact value of a mole?

From: Richard Schultz (schultr_at_mail.biu.ack.il)
Date: 12/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:40:14 +0000 (UTC)

In article <33am60F3td9aeU1@individual.net>, Dr_Dickie <Dr_Dickie@chembench.com> wrote:

:> :> The numbers 10.0 +/- 0.2 and 9.9 +/- 0.3 are the same to within
:> :> experimental error.

: In MY world, 9.9 is not the same as 10.0, your mileage may vary.
: Accuracy and precision are NOT THE SAME!
 
Suppose that two independent laboratories perform the same experiment.
One reports a result of 10.0 +/- 0.2, and the other reports a result of
9.9 +/- 0.3. Are the two results consistent with each other?

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Richard Schultz schultr@mail.biu.ac.il
Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not those of Bar-Ilan University
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"It is better to adopt the simplest explanation, even if it is not simple,
even if it does not explain very much."
                                -- Samuel Beckett, _Malone Dies_

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