Solids content

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-011002",
  "term": "Solids content",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The proportion of non-volatile material remaining after the volatile components, such as solvents or water, have been removed from a dispersion or solution. It is expressed as a percentage by mass or volume of the total sample. This value is determined by drying a known quantity of the sample to a constant weight at a specified temperature.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "see_also": [
    "polymer dispersion"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2011, 83, 2229. 'Terminology of polymers and polymerization processes in dispersed systems (IUPAC Recommendations 2011)' on page 2241 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-10-06-03)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/solids-content/"
}