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Regulations on How to calculate significant figures

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:00 am
by andros
Does anybody know the new updated regulations regarding the Calculation of Significant Figures?

Thanking you in advance

Re: Regulations on How to calculate significant figures

Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 8:19 pm
by GOM
Hi,

I am not aware of any update but I think that the number of significant figures is the number of meaningful numbers in a measurement

see

http://www.rsc.org/images/Making_measur ... 189112.pdf
or
http://physics.about.com/od/classroomph ... igFigs.htm

Cheers

Ralph