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grams to mililiters

Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:25 am

How would I explain in simple terms the conversion from grams to mililiters

Re: grams to mililiters

Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:54 pm

Qa tech wrote:How would I explain in simple terms the conversion from grams to mililiters


Grams measure mass (weight), milliliters measure capacity (volume). There is no direct conversion from weight to volume, because this conversion depends on the substance. One cup of water is heavier than one cup of oil, but weighs less than one cup of plum.

To convert between weight and volume you need to know density of the substance.

You might find helpful our online weight/volume converter though. It "knows" densities of over 400 various substances and does the calculations for you. See here: http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/weight2volume

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