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In the course of reviewing information on metals and minerals, I often come across chemical composition
information that is written in terms of atomic percent, when I am actually more interested in the weight
percent values of the elements involved. A little less frequently I want to do things the other way around,
and do a conversion from weight percent to atomic percent.
After searching online, I’ve noticed that what little conversion information is out there, is unnecessarily
complicated. So, I thought I’d share the simple but trusty formulae that I have had pinned on one wall or
another for the past couple of decades…