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Offline AlphaScent

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Verbage in a paper
« on: June 04, 2014, 12:23:26 PM »
The sentence reads:

A stock solution of periodic acid (H5IO6/CrO3 was prepared by dissolving periodic acid (11 g) and chromium trioxide (23 mg, 1.2 mol %) in wet MeCN (0.75 v % water to a volume of 114 mL.

Does that mean 0.75% is water or that 75 % is water?  I read it as 0.75 %.

Am I wrong?
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Re: Verbage in a paper
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2014, 12:53:56 PM »
I read it as 0.75% v/v water in MeCN - a 99.25:0.75 volume ratio
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Re: Verbage in a paper
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2014, 01:01:44 PM »
I do to.  That seems to make the term "wet MeCN" make sense.

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Re: Verbage in a paper
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2014, 03:57:23 PM »
I agree with the 0.75% and ~7,500ppm water is definitely "wet". 
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Re: Verbage in a paper
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2014, 07:37:46 AM »
That 0.75% water helped me work through a nearly impossible reaction in grad school!
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