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Posted: 12/7/2006 1:30:12 PM EDT
I received a gift from a friend from Japan.
He gave me a Alcohol Sensor that tells how intoxacated you are.
Strange gift i know, I don't drink that much, and I don't need a sensor to tell how drunketh I are.

Problem is it reads in MG/L.
I know the DWI is set at .08% BAC then your off the the pokey.
What is .08% BAC converted to mg/l?
thanks



Link Posted: 12/7/2006 1:32:51 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 12/7/2006 1:35:25 PM EDT
[#2]
80
Link Posted: 12/7/2006 1:36:14 PM EDT
[#3]
Show Deej the conversion chart then have him follow you around every time you go drinking.
Link Posted: 12/7/2006 1:52:07 PM EDT
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Quoted:
Show Deej the conversion chart then have him follow you around every time you go drinking.


i thought about that,
Hell I thought I would start drinking now and see if it works,
after about a half a quart i prolly won't give a damn
Link Posted: 12/7/2006 1:56:45 PM EDT
[#5]
There is a factor of 10,000 between percent and ppm

(100% = 1,000,000 ppm, obviously)

0.08% x 10,000 is 800ppm

Link Posted: 12/7/2006 1:57:26 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 12/7/2006 2:04:20 PM EDT
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Quoted:
There is a factor of 10,000 between percent and ppm

(100% = 1,000,000 ppm, obviously)

0.08% x 10,000 is 800ppm



then how to get 800 PPM to MG/L?
Link Posted: 12/7/2006 2:07:52 PM EDT
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Quoted:

Quoted:
There is a factor of 10,000 between percent and ppm

(100% = 1,000,000 ppm, obviously)

0.08% x 10,000 is 800ppm



then how to get 800 PPM to MG/L?


Do the opposite.

Divide 800 ppm by 10,000 ppm/%  to get 0.08 %
Link Posted: 12/7/2006 3:02:02 PM EDT
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it dont read in $
only mg/L

what the hell is mg/L?

thanks
Link Posted: 12/7/2006 3:03:28 PM EDT
[#10]
Brookstone sells something similar. Yes, I have one.
Link Posted: 12/7/2006 3:13:15 PM EDT
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Quoted:
Brookstone sells something similar. Yes, I have one.


does in read in mg/L?



Link Posted: 12/7/2006 3:21:58 PM EDT
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mg/L is milligrams per liter, assuming alcohol has the same density as water (which it doesn't) there are 1000000mg of water per liter. If .08% of it is alcohol that is .0008*1000000mg/L, or 800mg/L, which the poster above listed as 800 parts per million. There are one million "parts" in each liter, so blah blah blah.
Link Posted: 12/7/2006 3:28:20 PM EDT
[#13]
crystal clear
thanks
Link Posted: 12/7/2006 3:30:24 PM EDT
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Quoted:
mg/L is milligrams per liter, assuming alcohol has the same density as water (which it doesn't) there are 1000000mg of water per liter. If .08% of it is alcohol that is .0008*1000000mg/L, or 800mg/L, which the poster above listed as 800 parts per million. There are one million "parts" in each liter, so blah blah blah.


Just get the molecular weight of Ethyl Alcohol, which is C2H5OH to calculate its density.
Link Posted: 12/7/2006 7:23:09 PM EDT
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Quoted:

Just get the molecular weight of Ethyl Alcohol, which is C2H5OH to calculate its density.


You can't calculate density from the molecular weight.

Density is a weight per volume calculation.  Molecular weight has nothing to do with it.
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