combining weight
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Fifty c.c. neutral alcohol are added, and the solution titrated with N/1 KOH or NaOH solution, the percentage of rosin being calculated from its combining weight.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.
If we divide the combining weight of any of the substances given in the table by 2, then the quotient will give the density of the same, as compared with hydrogen.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various
Mr. Wade conceived the idea of combining weight and protection in the cable itself.
From Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men by Joblin, Maurice
If we divide the combining weight of any of the substances by the constant 28.87, then the quotient will be the specific gravity of the gas or vapor therefrom, as compared with air.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various
By taking the equivalent or some multiple of it a value can be obtained for each element which will represent its combining value, and for this reason is called its combining weight.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
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