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Originally posted by Davros:
So that's interesting - the American system of weights and measures is not used when working in chemical terms like Molarity - so you get a little exposure to the metric system of grams and litres - kewl 
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Yep, to keep the scientific language as universal as possible, all American scientists use the metric system. Actually, this is done by near every scientist in the world to keep things easier to understand for all. In fact, the elemental letters are universal as well. I've seen chinese laboratories with jars on the shelf that say:
(something in chinese)
CH3OH
pretty neat.