Re: Converting mmol/Z/litre

In article <113u61d05ql3ilt26tag3gq49tqoj8m333@xxxxxxx>, Bob <bbx107@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On 25 Apr 2005 21:36:47 -0700, "Pat" <pyjstein@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>Since mmol/Z is supposedly equivalent to meq, can I just work out the
>>figures in terms of litre vs weight, if for eg. I know the media
>>density (dry) is 0.97 g/cm3 ?
>>
>>127 mmol/Z/litre = 127 meq/litre
>> = 127 meq/ 970g
>> = 13.1 meq/ 100g
>> = 13.1 cmol/kg
>>
>>Does the above make sense ?
>
>It might. It all depends on what the person using the volume
>measurement is referring to.
>
>Rather than referring to the volume of the dry material, it might
>refer to the actual volume of the column or whatever.
>
>Bottom line... you need to deal with whomever wants this in L.

... and worst case, you can check your answers by experiment :)



Bruce


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