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thirdhaf
1y ago
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As a quick and dirty rule of thumb measuring parts per million in anything except time or frequency will get expensive. Temperature drifts will cause expansions and contractions on that order if you’re measuring lengths.
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kragen
1y ago
Yes, but in this case we're measuring weights, not lengths, and we're looking for 5 sig figs, not 6.
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