How Do You Calibrate An Electronic Scale?
Electronic scales are the cornerstone of research science. If the scales are not accurate, then everything that gets measured with them is inaccurate also: every compound, every solution, every control, every experiment. What’s worse is that you might not even know if your scales are inaccurate and your data is inaccurate. Determine the accuracy of your electric scale and calibrate it at the same time with the following simple steps. Purchase a set of precision weights if you do not already own one. Companies like Central Carolina Scale offer ones made specifically to determine scale accuracy. Tare the scale with nothing on it. (“Tare” means to set the scale to zero.) Make a list of all the masses you can weigh based on the weights available in your kit. For example, if you have 1, 5, 10, 15, and 20 gram pieces only, you could weight those and by combining them weight 6, 11, 16, 21, 25, 30, and 35 as well. Weight all the combination in the list you made. Make sure that you use a full r
