Load

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-006724",
  "term": "Load",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The total weight force acting, after counterbalancing, on the terminal bearing that carries the object being weighed on a balance. As a force it equals mass times the local acceleration of free fall and is expressed in newtons, whereas the balance readout is calibrated in units of mass.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "weight"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Orange Book, 2nd ed., p. 35 (https://media.iupac.org/publications/analytical_compendium/)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/load/"
}