On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 02:06:16 +0000, Frank J. Nice <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>I enter this debate with great trepidation as I do not know the beginning,
>all in between, and where it will end.
>On pint is 16 fluid ounces or 480 ml (close enough for this debate).
>Normal saline solution is 0.9% Sodium Choride in water.
>The amount of salt in 16 ounces of water needed  to produce a normal saline
>solution would be 4.3 grams by weight

Interesting.  I did a google search on 'one teaspoon of salt weighs' and
got results stating that it weighs 'about 4 grams', 'about 5 grams', and
6.6 grams.  Perhaps different types of salt have different weights
depending on the size of the crystals.  How critical is it to have the
proportions exact?

-Claire Bloodgood, IBCLC

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