alleryStart learning →Which of these is another common name for mass percentage?
AMolal weight percentage
BVolume by weight percent
CWeight per weight percent
DMole fraction percent
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Weight per weight percent
1. Mass percentage goes by several names in practice.
2. These include percent mass, percent weight and weight per weight percent.
3. Detailed symbols such as w/w percent are used to keep mass percentages apart from volume percentages.
4. Volume percentage compares volumes and is written as v/v percent instead.
_Source: OpenStax Chemistry (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "Composition of Substances and Solutions", section 3.4 Other Units for Solution Concentrations_
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