SOLUTION: what happens to the physical units of a quantity like 56 kJ/mol, when you take the logarithm of the quantity?

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Question 73956: what happens to the physical units of a quantity like 56 kJ/mol, when you take the logarithm of the quantity?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
what happens to the physical units of a quantity like 56 kJ/mol, when you take the logarithm of the quantity?
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You are not taking the log of the quantity with the units included.
You are just taking the log of the quantity; the units are lost.
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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