User:Oskykins/Responsible use: Difference between revisions

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*erowid: By using a liquid measurement technique, it is possible to use a 30$ scale and still measure accurately to only a few milligrams.

*erowid: Some people figure if they buy a quantity of material from a vendor or individual, the amount of material they receive is known. This Is Not The Case. For instance with legal, grey market, or research chemicals, it is not uncommon for a vendor to provide significantly more or less material than the amount ordered. One individual describes ordering 500 mg of a compound only to measure it when it arrived, finding 1000 mg instead. If s/he had assumed that the starting material was 500 mg, and proceeded to use a liquid measurement technique to measure individual doses, those doses would have been twice as strong as intended. https://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/dose/dose_info1.shtml

* NOTE: If you a looking for a digital scale that measures milligrams, it must measure to at least .001g. A milligram is 1/1000 of a gram. A scale that measures to only 0.1g will not measure milligrams accurately.

====Instruction manual====

*Never load the scale with more than the maximum capacity. Overloading the scale will permanently damage it!

*Keep your scale in a clean environment. Dust, dirt, moisture, vibration, air currents and a close distance to other electronic equipment can all cause an adverse effect on the reliability and accuracy of your scale.

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 *erowid: By using a liquid measurement technique, it is possible to use a 30$ scale and still measure accurately to only a few milligrams.
+*erowid: Some people figure if they buy a quantity of material from a vendor or individual, the amount of material they receive is known. This Is Not The Case. For instance with legal, grey market, or research chemicals, it is not uncommon for a vendor to provide significantly more or less material than the amount ordered. One individual describes ordering 500 mg of a compound only to measure it when it arrived, finding 1000 mg instead. If s/he had assumed that the starting material was 500 mg, and proceeded to use a liquid measurement technique to measure individual doses, those doses would have been twice as strong as intended. https://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/dose/dose_info1.shtml
+* NOTE: If you a looking for a digital scale that measures milligrams, it must measure to at least .001g. A milligram is 1/1000 of a gram. A scale that measures to only 0.1g will not measure milligrams accurately.
 ====Instruction manual====
 *Never load the scale with more than the maximum capacity. Overloading the scale  will permanently damage it!
 *Keep your scale in a clean environment. Dust, dirt, moisture, vibration, air currents and a close distance to other electronic equipment can all cause an adverse effect on the reliability and accuracy of your scale.
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