Significant Figures With Rules in Chemistry
 
      What are Significant Figures?   The reliable digits in a number that are known with the certainty are called significant figures. The last digit of measured number is generally considered uncertain by ± 1.     For Example :    0.0112g contains three S.F and uncertainty is ± 0.0001 mg.   11/2mg contains three S.F and uncetainty is ± 0.1mg.     The uncertainty and the number of S.F do not change when measurement is expressed in sub units.     For Example:   0.0112g = 11.2mg in 0.0112g uncertainty is ± 0.0001g and in 11.2 mg uncertainty is ± 0.1mg as 0.0001g = 0.1mg. Therefore uncertainty and number of S.F do not change.   Number Of Significant Figures (Digits) Depends Upon :    The accurancy of the measuring instrument.  The size of the object to be measured.    In any series of measurements, the measured numbers are obtained to a certain degree of precision. The precision of measured is indicated by the number of significant figures.     Precision : Ho...
 
 
