{"id":233164,"date":"2026-03-12T11:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/measurements-in-chemistry-why-scientists-dont-use-cups"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:25:04","slug":"measurements-in-chemistry-why-scientists-dont-use-cups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/measurements-in-chemistry-why-scientists-dont-use-cups","title":{"rendered":"Measurements in Chemistry: Why Scientists Don\u2019t Use Cups!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qGAj-W-o3FU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this video, we break down the three major measurement systems used in everyday life and science: the Informal System, the English (Imperial) System, and the Metric System.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll learn:<\/p>\n<p>What the informal system is (pinch, handful, cup, etc.) <\/p>\n<p>How the English\/Imperial system works (feet, pounds, gallons) <\/p>\n<p>Why chemistry uses the metric system (meters, grams, liters) <\/p>\n<p>Why the metric system is easier for scientific calculations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/measurements-in-chemistry-why-scientists-dont-use-cups\">Continue reading \u201cMeasurements in Chemistry: Why Scientists Don\u2019t Use Cups!\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video, we break down the three major measurement systems used in everyday life and science: the Informal System, the English (Imperial) System, and the Metric System. You\u2019ll learn: What the informal system is (pinch, handful, cup, etc.) How the English\/Imperial system works (feet, pounds, gallons) Why chemistry uses the metric system (meters, grams, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":583,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/583"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}