A Manual of Pharmacy and Dispensing

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Lea & Febiger, 1909 - Pharmacy - 421 pages
 

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Page 57 - ... the ratio of the ovendry weight of a sample to the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the sample at some specific moisture content, as green, air-dry, or ovendry.
Page 46 - The specific gravity of a substance is the weight of a given volume of the substance, divided by the weight of an equal volume of water at a temperature of 39.2° F.
Page 347 - Pharmacopoeia defines a normal solution, N/l, as one that contains in 1 liter the molecular weight of the active reagent, expressed in grammes, and reduced to the valency corresponding to one atom of replaceable hydrogen or its equivalent. Hydrochloric acid contains one atom of replaceable hydrogen, Sodium hydroxide and sodium chloride each contain one atom of sodium capable of replacing one atom of hydrogen.
Page 185 - Solution is an aqueous solution containing 5 per cent of iodine and 10 per cent of potassium iodide and is sometimes preferred to the alcoholic solution because it is less irritant.
Page 55 - Baume scales, one for liquids heavier than water and one for liquids lighter than water. The relations between the hydrometer scales and specific gravity are: Specific Gravity (60° F./60°F.) = 141.5 For liquids lighter than water.
Page 183 - Liquor Ferri et Ammonii Acetatis .— Solution of Iron and Ammonium Acetate. (Basham's Mixture.) Dose, 16 cc (4 fl.
Page 130 - Equation, solution of silver nitrate is mixed with a solution of...
Page 99 - ... enough of a mixture of one volume of alcohol and three volumes of water to make the Fluidextract measure one thousand milliliters.
Page 64 - Specific volume is obtained by dividing the volume of a given weight of the liquid by the volume of an equal weight of water.
Page 182 - Water, — is an aqueous solution containing about 0.4 per cent, of Chlorine, with some oxides of chlorine and potassium chloride. It...

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