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PS I've done a few tonight :)









Can't be arsed to do any more :p
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Thu 26 Oct 2006, 19:20,
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Can't be arsed to do any more :p

TJ: my brain has fried. can someone techy/sciency tell me how to convert from micromoles-per-litre to micromoles-per-millilitre ?
i KNOW it's either divided or multiplied by 1000 but i'm stupid and tired and pissed off with these fucking calculations. *cries*
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Thu 26 Oct 2006, 19:15,
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i KNOW it's either divided or multiplied by 1000 but i'm stupid and tired and pissed off with these fucking calculations. *cries*

600000000000000000000000 atoms or molecules.
So a micromole is approx. 600000000000000000 atoms or molecules.
It's used for calculating concentrations of solutions.
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Thu 26 Oct 2006, 19:48,
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So a micromole is approx. 600000000000000000 atoms or molecules.
It's used for calculating concentrations of solutions.

there's quite obviously fewer in a millilitre than a litre ;)
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Thu 26 Oct 2006, 19:16,
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it confuzzled me with the litres / millilitres being underneath but yes, it makes sense now.
*superhuggles*
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Thu 26 Oct 2006, 19:22,
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*superhuggles*

someone's constant that sounds like avocado
so a millionth of that
/vague memories of a-level chemistry blog
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Thu 26 Oct 2006, 19:21,
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so a millionth of that
/vague memories of a-level chemistry blog

6.022 x10^23
also, i think it's the number of molecules in 12g of carbon....but don't quote me....
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Thu 26 Oct 2006, 19:22,
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also, i think it's the number of molecules in 12g of carbon....but don't quote me....

a mole is 6 x10^23 atoms/molecules of anything.
and it's defined as the number of atoms in 1g of pure Carbon-12
EDIT: how can i know that perfectly and yet not be able to work out i have to DIVIDE by 1000?? stupid brain...
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Thu 26 Oct 2006, 19:24,
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and it's defined as the number of atoms in 1g of pure Carbon-12
EDIT: how can i know that perfectly and yet not be able to work out i have to DIVIDE by 1000?? stupid brain...

is not to think about concentrations but about total number of moles, that you want to keep constant. So because 1 milliliter is a 1000th of a liter, you'll have a 1000th of the number of moles.
another way is to follow the units 1uM/L=(1uM/L)*(1L/1000mL) (because there are 1000mL in a L)
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Thu 26 Oct 2006, 19:30,
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another way is to follow the units 1uM/L=(1uM/L)*(1L/1000mL) (because there are 1000mL in a L)

*takes notes*
i'd just done a bunch of conversions from ug to mmol and then they threw that one in there and i totally stalled.
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Thu 26 Oct 2006, 19:33,
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i'd just done a bunch of conversions from ug to mmol and then they threw that one in there and i totally stalled.

Knock both units down by a factor of 1000.
i.e.
1umol in 1 L
1nmol in 1 ml
1pmol in 1 nl etc.
eventually you'll end up with femto and yoctomoles, which is almost individual molecules
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Thu 26 Oct 2006, 19:33,
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i.e.
1umol in 1 L
1nmol in 1 ml
1pmol in 1 nl etc.
eventually you'll end up with femto and yoctomoles, which is almost individual molecules