Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoWhat's your favorite volume measure? Mine's 1/2 cup or 125 ml. So handy.message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down14
arrow-up124arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your favorite volume measure? Mine's 1/2 cup or 125 ml. So handy.Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareDeconceptualist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·5 months ago1 mL. Studying chemistry has made that extremely useful and now other units seem ridiculous. If we’re talking about geology or oceanography though, cubic meters are fine.
minus-squareLaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoI like how 1ml of water weighs about 1g
minus-squareDeconceptualist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months ago1 mL of pure water weighs exactly 1 g at 20 °C and 1 atm pressure :) It’s a defined standard, useful for calibrating other things.
minus-squareglans [it/its]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months ago2000mL of water weighs 2kgs and 355mL weighs about 1/3kg. To get my mind away from stupid imperial measures of weight, I think of bottles and cans of cola. (Above is very approximate as sugar, packaging etc have weight. And conventional package size can vary by region.)
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoA liter of water’s a pint and three quarters
minus-squareDeconceptualist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoWood Science must be a rather strange field.
1 mL. Studying chemistry has made that extremely useful and now other units seem ridiculous.
If we’re talking about geology or oceanography though, cubic meters are fine.
I like how 1ml of water weighs about 1g
1 mL of pure water weighs exactly 1 g at 20 °C and 1 atm pressure :) It’s a defined standard, useful for calibrating other things.
2000mL of water weighs 2kgs and 355mL weighs about 1/3kg.
To get my mind away from stupid imperial measures of weight, I think of bottles and cans of cola.
(Above is very approximate as sugar, packaging etc have weight. And conventional package size can vary by region.)
A liter of water’s a pint and three quarters
I prefer milligallons myself.
Wood Science must be a rather strange field.