Re: mass vs. volume measurement

0"Andy Resnick" <andy.resnick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Here's a simple question- why is vit much easier to dispense small volumes
> than to measure small masses?
>
> I routinely dispense single microliter volumes, and could do much better
> with a modest effort using common lab equipment, but it's very difficult
> to weigh a microgram of material.
>
> Andrew Resnick, Ph.D.

A lab balance isn't the only means: mass spectrometer.

[Old Man]



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