Chemistry In Context
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ISBN: 9781259638145
Author: Fahlman, Bradley D., Purvis-roberts, Kathleen, Kirk, John S., Bentley, Anne K., Daubenmire, Patrick L., ELLIS, Jamie P., Mury, Michael T., American Chemical Society
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 8.6, Problem 8.25YT
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The two analogies to describe percent, parts per million, and parts per billion has to be given. Also, choose an audience that one share the analogy.
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