Hydrophilic molecules typically have polar groups enabling them to readily absorb or dissolve in water as well as in other polar solvents. Word origin: from the Greek hydros, water and philia, friendship. Related forms: hydrophilicity (noun), hydrophile (noun).
Mass Conversion Calculator. FOR REFERENCE: A gram is about the mass of a paper clip.One kilogram is about the mass of a liter of water. VOLUME. The standard unit of volumein the metric system is the liter.
(lÄ'tÄr), Although the SI unit of volume is the cubic meter and, by extension, the cubic centimeter (1 cm3=0.000 001 m3), the liter and its submultiples are preferred to the cubic meter and its submultiples for the expression of volumes and substance or mass concentrations in clinical chemistry.