For example, sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄) has two replaceable hydrogens, meaning it can potentially react with two other molecules. Molarity wouldn't capture this double punch, that's where normality comes in. Normality takes into account the number of equivalent weights of the solute per liter....
1857, "mathematical condition of being at right angles, state or fact of being normal in geometry," fromnormal+-cy. The word has been associated since 1920 with U.S. president Warren G. Harding (who campaigned that year under the slogan "Return to Normalcy," meaning pre-World War I cond...
In the absence of a clear description of reference individuals, reference values lose their meaning, are ambiguous at best, and are often confused with decision limits. The clinical medicine perspective of reference values is to rule out diseases and to define health, while that of preventive ...
In the absence of a clear description of reference individuals, reference values lose their meaning, are ambiguous at best, and are often con- fused with decision limits. The clinical medicine perspective of reference values is to rule out diseases and to define health, while that of preventive...