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Offline casper248

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Any Help with pre lab exercises
« on: July 26, 2018, 03:09:34 PM »
You have 47 ml of a protein solution. You want to add 0.39 g of ammonium sulfate per ml. How much ammonium sulfate do you need to add?
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Re: Any Help with pre lab exercises
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2018, 03:22:20 PM »
What do think what you have to do with the numbers.

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Re: Any Help with pre lab exercises
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2018, 03:56:34 PM »
No idea it has been 10 years since I have seen biochemistry. This is my first semester ongoing. Any help would be appreciated!
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Re: Any Help with pre lab exercises
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2018, 04:24:15 PM »
It is a forum rule (see red link) that you must show your attempt before we can help you.  What do you remember about units cancellation?

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Re: Any Help with pre lab exercises
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2018, 09:00:12 PM »
No idea it has been 10 years since I have seen biochemistry. This is my first semester ongoing. Any help would be appreciated!
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This question:

You have 47 ml of a protein solution. You want to add 0.39 g of ammonium sulfate per ml. How much ammonium sulfate do you need to add?

Doesn't use biochemistry.  Read it out loud.  Change some numbers to make it easier: You need to add 1 teaspoon of Kool-Aid mix per quart, you have 4 quarts, how many spoons do you need?
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Re: Any Help with pre lab exercises
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2018, 07:46:29 AM »
If I need 0,39g per ml of (NH4)2SO4 in a solution of 47 ml will get 18,33g in total

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Re: Any Help with pre lab exercises
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2018, 08:31:56 AM »
That is the correct arithmetic.  It should give you the proper result in a biochem experiment.  However, you may lose points, on an exam, for incorrect use of significant figures.
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