how do kitchen digital scales switch between units in ounces and units in fluid ounces?

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Obviously the change is in format only I assume. So how does weighing fluid differ from weighing solids?

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1g of water = 1ml of water, 28.3495g of water = 1fl oz. A gram is a weight measurement and a ml is a volume measurement. They happen to be the same with water but if you wanted to weigh something other than water you could search the density of the substance and do the math.

Corn syrup is denser and so more weight will fill the same volume, (1.4g corn syrup = 1ml corn syrup) If your recipe called for 1fl oz of corn syrup the weight measurement would be 1.4 * 28.3495 =39.6893 grams.

Oil is less dense than water but we can figure it out just the same. (0.9g oil = 1ml oil) 0.9 * 28.3496 = 25.51455 grams.

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