[USMA:8967] RE: gram precision

[Gregory. Peterson & Tammy. Booth Peterson]

Most of the chemicals I order from Sigma, VWR, Fisher, etc. are in bottles
containing less than 1 g.
In fact many products I buy are measured in mg, �g, and �l.

greg

"James R. Frysinger" wrote:

> Perhaps my faith in the packaging industry is misplaced or naive, but I
> personally would suspect that there are many products packaged to at
> least a �1 g precision. This may be less true in the retail market, but
> medicines, expensive industrial supplies, etc. are probably quite
> precisely packaged. Heck, consider all those jars of Fischer reagents!
>
> Jim
>
> Dennis Brownridge wrote:
> >
> > OK Gene, how about "ALMOST nothing is packaged to gram or milliliter
> > precision."?
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Gene Mechtly
> > >
> > > On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Dennis Brownridge wrote:
> > > > Nothing is packaged to gram or milliliter precision,...
> > >       Superglues are ofter packages in amounts of a gram or two.
> > > Less than a gram of "nothing" is sufficient to tear the skin off
> > > fingers after less than a second of contact!
> > > Gene.
> > >
> > >
>
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