Wednesday, September 29, 2010

DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS

- want to know
   what 100km/h is in m/h
- just like converting
   between currencies in
  chem, it is usually 
  necessary to convert between units!
- this process is called
 Dimensional Analysis
     - ONLY 4 STEPS
           1. Find a unit equality
           2. Find the conversion factors
           3. Apply conversion factor
           4. Cancel Units

Examples:
    - convert 250mg into g
           25g

   - How many minutes in 9567 s
         159.45 = 159.5 s
          

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