Chemistry A-Level
Apparatus uncertainty
What Apparatus uncertainty means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Apparatus uncertainty
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The range within which a reading may lie, often quoted as half the smallest scale division for a single reading, and twice that for a difference between two readings such as a burette titre.
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