Help me read this label

[Shortstuff116]

Below is the label on a bottle of nicotine I purchased some time ago, but I cannot remember exactly what the numbers represent. For example, I know it is a 60ml bottle with a 50/50 PG/VG mix of a specific strength of nicotine in it. As you can see the nicotine number reads:

6.0% W / V

Can someone please tell/remind me what these numbers are saying? For example is this a 10mg strength mix or ??? And as far as using it in my DIY recipes, if I wanted a 12mg strength mix in lets say a 15ml mix, how much (in ml) of this nicotine solution would I need?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[mmsjs5]

60 mg strength. Figuring out the calculations now.....


If u take 1 ml of the 60 mg and add 4 ml of 0 mg it will be 12 mg.


That will give u 5 ml of 12 mg. If u want 15 ml, u just add 3 ml of 60 mg to 12 ml of 0 mg.

 

[Sicarius]

Off RTS Vapes website

6.0% nicotine or 60MG. Mixed with the highest quality Propylene Glycol

 

[Carless]

What you have is a solution of nicotine in a 50/50 solution of pg/vg. (W/V means they measured by weight, not volume)
At 6.0% nicotine, that means your mixture is 60mg/ml of nicotine.
Hope this helps

Good grief. Even I misread the label at first, thinking it was 4.8% or 48mg/ml. Glad I re-read it.

 

[Shortstuff116]

60 mg strength. Figuring out the calculations now.....


If u take 1 ml of the 60 mg and add 4 ml of 0 mg it will be 12 mg.


That will give u 5 ml of 12 mg. If u want 15 ml, u just add 3 ml of 60 mg to 12 ml of 0 mg.

So, if I understand what you are saying, then 20% or 1/5th of any recipe I make should be the nicotine mix I have in this bottle.

- 20% of 5ml would be 1ml of nicotine mix.
- 20% of 15ml would be 3ml of nicotine mix.

Because 20% of my 60mg nicotine mix is 12mg. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thank you all for your quick replies!

 

[mmsjs5]

So, if I understand what you are saying, then 20% or 1/5th of any recipe I make should be the nicotine mix I have in this bottle.

- 20% of 5ml would be 1ml of nicotine mix.
- 20% of 15ml would be 3ml of nicotine mix.

Because 20% of my 60mg nicotine mix is 12mg. Please correct me if I'm wrong."

%'s throw me off a bit but I do believe you've got it.

 

[Shortstuff116]

Thanks very much mmsjs5 for your specifics. The numbers you provided work in Dans v13 excel spreadsheet calculations perfectly.

 

[mmsjs5]

You are quite welcome, glad I could help. Enjoy.

 

[AzPlumber]

Here's another way to figure it
12mg x 5ml = 60mg so you need 1ml of 60mg (60/60=1)
12mg x 15ml = 180mg so you need 3ml of 60mg (180/60=3)

 

[Shortstuff116]

Here's another way to figure it
12mg x 5ml = 60mg so you need 1ml of 60mg (60/60=1)
12mg x 15ml = 180mg so you need 3ml of 60mg (180/60=3)

Excellent! Thanks.

 

[Tona Aspsusa]

What you have is a solution of nicotine in a 50/50 solution of pg/vg. (W/V means they measured by weight, not volume)

To be precise w/v means "weight/volume", ie weight-unit per volume-unit. That it is given in percent is a bit confusing, but not that uncommon. Now, to get this into units that we are familiar with, we need to keep in mind which weight/volume units correspond:
1 liter of water weighs 1 kg, or
1000 milliliters weighs 1000 grams, or
1000 ml weighs 1 000 000 milligrams.

And:
1 ml weighs 1 gram, or
1 ml weighs 1000mg

If we have 100 ml (or 1/10 liter, or 1 deciliter) and in that we have 6% per weight of something, we have 6 grams. Or if we have one ml, 6 % weight would be 0.06 grams, aka 60mg.

I hate it when things are given in w/v and percent - I find it confusing and illogical. If you want to mix your properties and units, why not state it as clearly as possible?

I find the missmatch between percentage (which means x-parts of 100) and differing properties very confusing - it makes me think of what PG/VG actually weigh, what the volume of 1 mg nicotine might be, and other things that just confuse me.
But it is a fairly commonly used way of stating the content of solutions, so I'll just have to get used to it.

 

[Switched]

Below is the label on a bottle of nicotine I purchased some time ago, but I cannot remember exactly what the numbers represent. For example, I know it is a 60ml bottle with a 50/50 PG/VG mix of a specific strength of nicotine in it. As you can see the nicotine number reads:

6.0% W / V

Can someone please tell/remind me what these numbers are saying? For example is this a 10mg strength mix or ??? And as far as using it in my DIY recipes, if I wanted a 12mg strength mix in lets say a 15ml mix, how much (in ml) of this nicotine solution would I need?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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It is a 60ml bottle of 4.8% nicotine = 48mg of 50/50 PG/VG

 

[mgordon1100]

Yo, Switched. The question has been answered to the best of anyone's ability. It's 60mg, not 48. It's 60, because the 6.0 part is highlighted on the standardized label. They would have highlighted the 4.8 if it were 48mg. Notice all the different options for volume as well? It can't be a 125, 250, and 500ml bottle all at once. They just have one label and highlight the contents, in this case they wrote in 60ml because the label doesn't have that option.

 

[Switched]

Yo, Switched. The question has been answered to the best of anyone's ability. It's 60mg, not 48. It's 60, because the 6.0 part is highlighted on the standardized label. They would have highlighted the 4.8 if it were 48mg. Notice all the different options for volume as well? It can't be a 125, 250, and 500ml bottle all at once. They just have one label and highlight the contents, in this case they wrote in 60ml because the label doesn't have that option.

Cool, it is a BS label then, considering last fall's BE debacle.

 

[mgordon1100]

I wouldn't call it a BS label. I imagine they have labels like that on a roll, so they don't have to print them up for every bottle. Maybe they don't have a label printer. Where was this stuff from anyway?

 

[Carless]

I wouldn't call it a BS label. I imagine they have labels like that on a roll, so they don't have to print them up for every bottle. Maybe they don't have a label printer. Where was this stuff from anyway?

Freedomsmokes

I have the same bottle, except in 48mg/ml