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Originally posted by Gammit:
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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.[/QUOTE]The same elemental letters - YES - the same elemental spellling - NOPE
(just my usual rant about why your periodoc table has Aluminum, whereas the rest of the world has Aluminium
).
I work for an American multi-national, which essentially has an Australian and Atlantic division. I get to do the occasional technical review of plants in the Atlantic division, which plunges me from kilolitres per hour, kilowatts, deg C straight into the world of US gallons per minute, BTU's, deg F. Such is the life of the Chemical Engineer