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Record 1 2004-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Geochemistry
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
DEF

... the number of parts of weight of solute per hundred parts of solution (total).

CONT

... the optimum concentration for the ozonizer itself is about 1 to 1.25% by weight or 12 to 15 [per cubic meter] of air.

CONT

Ni, Cu, Co in wt. %; Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, Ir, Os, Au in ppb.

CONT

In general, collectors handle as dust between 0.25 and 3.0% by weight of the solid material being processed.

OBS

For example, a 10% saline solution contains 10 g of salt in 90 g of water, that is, 100 g total weight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
  • Géochimie
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Pourcentage. C'est une façon commode d'exprimer les concentrations. Le pourcentage en masse est le nombre de parts, en masse, de soluté pour cent parts de solution. Par exemple, une solution à 10 % contient 10 g de soluté (par exemple du sel) dans 90 g de solvant (par exemple de l'eau), la masse totale est 100 g.

CONT

Enviroguide Méthanol, 5.5.3. : Ex : (1) - titrant x % en poids (LAMY Transport, vol. 3, Index 1, avril 85, p. 7 -(2) contenant x % en masse (Physique et chimie, Godier et coll., classe de 4e, Nathan, programme 1959, p. 151).

CONT

Ni, Cu, Co en pourcentages pondéraux; Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, Ir, Os, Au en ppb.

CONT

Les emballages des produits nicotinés [...] doivent être revêtus [...] d'une bande rouge-orangé portant en caractères noirs très apparents les mots «poison» séparés par le dessin d'une tête de mort [plus] le pourcentage pondéral de nicotine alcaloïde [...]

Key term(s)
  • pourcentage poids

Spanish

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