I mixed by weight a few days ago and my layer was fine... it was my
first time though and I think the directions for the product said to
mix by volume, but I was in a hurry and didn't have pipets

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 2:24 PM, DEBASHIS MAJI  wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have a small question regarding mixing up of the PDMS base and the hardner
> in 10: 1 ratio. Generally it is specified as mixing up of the two in 10:1
> ratio by weight. But can anyone tell me whether their will be a lot of
> difference in the PDMS property if one use the ratio of 10:1 by volume ( eg.
> 10ml : 1ml ). Normally we can correlate the weight ratio to volume ratio,
> but in that case can anyone please tell me the density of the base and
> the hardner ? The density of the PDMS is about 0.97 kg/m3 .
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Debashis Maji,

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