Newsgroups: rec.pyrotechnics
From: tip@lead.aichem.arizona.edu (Tom I Perigrin)
Subject: Re: BP - Ratios
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 19:34:13 GMT

In article <31F3C73B.100A@ix.netcom.com>, The Silent Observer
<silent1@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> And yes, anything in pyro, or chemistry for that matter, is always given 
> by mass unless otherwise specified.

True for solids and solids...

Solutions are defaulted to weight/volume, except for liquid/liquid and
gas/gas solutions, which are vol/vol.  Gas/liquid is generally given as
wt/vol, just to keep you confused.

From: glhurst@onr.com (Gerald L. Hurst)
Newsgroups: rec.pyrotechnics
Subject: Re: BP - Ratios
Date: 24 Jul 1996 04:38:09 GMT

In article <tip-220796154615@retort.chem.ohiou.edu>,
tip@lead.aichem.arizona.edu (Tom I Perigrin) says:

>Solutions are defaulted to weight/volume, except for liquid/liquid and
>gas/gas solutions, which are vol/vol.  Gas/liquid is generally given as
>wt/vol, just to keep you confused.

Tom, I think you meant vol/vol for gas/liquid systems.  It makes life
somewhat easier because of Henry's law.

Jerry (Ico)