The weight of the antiseptic bottle is off

[TWM]

The antiseptic bottle once used to contain 0,70 liters of fluid, which would translate to 0,70 kilogram of weight, which made sense since 1 liter of water = 1 kg.

The amount of fluid the bottle contains has been reduced to 0,5 liters way back when, but the amount of weight was never reduced accordingly.

Might be worth taking a look at.

[sarudak]

The weight is correct. Antiseptic is generally hydrogen peroxide which is a molecule with 2 Oxygen atoms instead of one. Because oxygen atoms are significantly heavier than hydrogen atoms this translates to a wight of 1.44 kg/l

[TWM]

5 hours ago, sarudak said:

The weight is correct. Antiseptic is generally hydrogen peroxide which is a molecule with 2 Oxygen atoms instead of one. Because oxygen atoms are significantly heavier than hydrogen atoms this translates to a wight of 1.44 kg/l

You're right about the difference in weight between the two substances: however one wouldn't find pure hydrogen peroxide in a bottle of disinfectant, since that would pose a serious hazard. So if we're talking about hydrogen peroxide, it's likely to be a solution.

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Hydrogen peroxide is used as a 6% (20 Vols) solution to clean and deodorize wounds and ulcers. More commonly, 3% solutions of hydrogen peroxide have been used in household first aid for scrapes, etc. (Wikipedia)

[JAFO]

You think that's bad, take a look at the water purification tablets. 250 grams for 4 tablets? That means each tablet weighs a whopping 60+ grams (allowing a little for the packaging) yet treats just 1 litre of water. In real life, a box of 50 tablets, that each treat 1 litre, weighs just 18 grams, including packaging.

In TLD, 50 tablets would weigh 3.125kg!

[Hotzn]

Wouldn't disinfectant rather be alcohol than hydrogen peroxide? Either way I think the bottle is a bit heavy. The tablets, too. Not a big issue though.

[SteelFire]

1 hour ago, Hotzn said:

Wouldn't disinfectant rather be alcohol than hydrogen peroxide? Either way I think the bottle is a bit heavy. The tablets, too. Not a big issue though.

Yup. Isopropyl alcohol is the best disinfectant. Hydrogen peroxide is great for disinfecting hard surfaces, but it actually damages new cells and can actually impede wound healing.

[cekivi]

On 2017-01-22 at 11:47 AM, SteelFire said:

Yup. Isopropyl alcohol is the best disinfectant. Hydrogen peroxide is great for disinfecting hard surfaces, but it actually damages new cells and can actually impede wound healing.

Hydrogen Peroxide is still very common though. It's sold in brown bottles to prevent degradation by light - just like the bottles in the game.