Comment · Sat, July 18, 2020 · ND Owner
Measuring Cordyceps powder - scale issue?
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hoerogan · 4 points
https://i.imgur.com/kHUeCgb.jpg
Bit of a rookie/noob question here so go easy on me.
But I’m not sure if I trust my scales, as you can see they say this is 240mg of ND 10:1 Cordyceps powder.
That looks like an awful lot to me for it to be 240mg. In comparison the top picture is 300mg of salt. I understand different densities and compactness etc but it still looks like a lot.
Am I right I thinking these scales are off and that is too much powder? I know it’s hard to tell from a picture, I’ve put the teaspoon and pen in to try provide some sort of scale and give a ball park idea of the amount of powder on the scale.
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Direct reply to the original post — see the thread post above.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Densities, my man! Sodium chloride is a salt, which is fairly dense. NaCl has a density of 2.16 g/cm³, and from your picture it looks like it is in granular form. So if you compare it to a non-crystalline powder that is milled finer, you are going to have much more area for the same mass in the other powder. The same goes for a crystalline salt that has been milled finer. If you have an 80 mesh granular powder of NaCl, it will look like much less material than the equivalent weight in a 300 mesh. This happens all the time with phenibut. People who use scoops on one batch might be getting 200mg, while on a fluffier and finer milled batch they are only getting 150mg. This is why we don't promote the use of measuring scoops. Mass and density of the powder affects things a lot. The chemical structure not only affects the density, but also its physical properties.