Q69E
Question
Many medical laboratory tests are run using 5.0 μL blood serum. What is this volume in milliliters?
Step-by-Step Solution
VerifiedThe volume of blood serum in millimeters is 5.0x10-3mL.
Milliliter-
It is a unit based on volume. Capacity or volume is the measure for the storage of fluid. A cubic centimeter is also referred to as the milliliter. A cubic centimeter is the volume of a cube of exactly 1 cm of edge length. The milliliter is one-thousandth of Liter. It is denoted by cc.
\(1\,milliliter\,\, = \,1\,mL\,\, = \,\,1\,\, \times \,\,{10^{ - 3}}\,\,liter\)
Microliter -
It is also a unit based on volume. Capacity or volume is the measure for the storage of fluid. It is one-millionth of Liter and one-thousandth of a milliliter. It is denoted by μL.
\(1\,microliter\,\, = \,1\,\mu L\,\, = \,\,1\,\, \times \,\,{10^{ - 6}}\,\,liter\)
It is given that the volume of blood serum is 5.0 .
The conversion factor is given as
\(1\,\,\mu L\,\, = \,\,{10^{ - 3}}\,\,mL\,\, = \,\,{10^{ - 6}}\,\,L\)
Using the above equation to convert from to mL,
\(5.0\,\mu L\,\, = \,\,5.0\,\left( {\mu L\, \times \,\frac{{mL}}{{mL}}} \right)\,\, = \,\,5.0\,\,\left( {{{10}^{ - 6}}\,L\, \times \,\frac{{{{10}^{ - 3}}\,L}}{{{{10}^{ - 3}}\,L}}\,} \right)\, = \,\,5.0\, \times \,{10^{ - 3}}\,mL\)
Therefore, the volume of blood serum is 5.0 10-3mL.
It is given that the volume of blood serum is 5.0 .
The conversion factor is given as
\(1\,\,\mu L\,\, = \,\,{10^{ - 3}}\,\,mL\,\, = \,\,{10^{ - 6}}\,\,L\)
Using the above equation to convert from to mL,
\(5.0\,\mu L\,\, = \,\,5.0\,\left( {\mu L\, \times \,\frac{{mL}}{{mL}}} \right)\,\, = \,\,5.0\,\,\left( {{{10}^{ - 6}}\,L\, \times \,\frac{{{{10}^{ - 3}}\,L}}{{{{10}^{ - 3}}\,L}}\,} \right)\, = \,\,5.0\, \times \,{10^{ - 3}}\,mL\)
Therefore, the volume of blood serum is 5.0x10-3mL.