Measurements may be accurate, meaning that the measured value is the same as the true value; they may be precise, meaning that multiple measurements give nearly identical values (i.e., reproducible results); they may be both accurate and precise; or they may be neither accurate nor precise. The goal of scientists is to obtain measured values that are both accurate and precise.
Suppose, for example, that the mass of a sample of gold was measured on one balance and found to be 1.896 g. On a different balance, the same sample was found to have a mass of 1.125 g. Which was correct? Careful and repeated measurements, including measurements on a calibrated third balance, showed the sample to have a mass of 1.895 g. The masses obtained from the three balances are in the following table:
QUËSTIONS :- what are the difference between ionic bond and covalent bond?
IONIC BONDS :- THEY R BONDS WHICH R FORMED DUE TO THE COMPLETE TRANSFER OF ELECTRONS BETWEEN TWO ATOMS
COVALENT BONDS :- THEY R THE BONDS WHICH R FORMED DUE TO INCOMPLETE TRANSFER OF ELECTRONS BETWEEN TWO ATOMS
IONIC BONDS R MORE STRONGER.
