From my husband, a Ph.d/MIT chemist: To make 0.9% saline (weight/weight percent) .9 g NaCl / 100 g water = 1.5 g / 166 ml 1/4 teaspoon of salt (i.e. 1.5 g) dissolved in 166 ml of water. **************** APPROXIMATELY :**************** 1/4 teaspoon salt in 2/3 cup water or 3/4 teaspoon salt in 2 cups water. or a heaping 1/4 teaspoon in 1 cup water. James ----------------------------------------------------------------------- James Bruce [log in to unmask] Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC co-owner Lactnet, Indep. Consultant Williston, Vermont mailto:[log in to unmask] http://homepages.together.net/~kbruce/kbblact.html LACTNET Archives http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/lactnet.html *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html