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|    bluegreenedragonfly@gmail.com to Harel Barzilai    |
|    Re: PPB <---> mg/liter conversion    |
|    23 Sep 16 10:29:00    |
      On Sunday, January 19, 1992 at 2:21:00 AM UTC-5, Harel Barzilai wrote:       > According to From: John_P_SANTOS@umail.umd.edu (js217),       >       > the "parts" in "parts per billion" is just mass-ratio, so "parts       > per million" is milligrams per kilogram ( = 1 liter of H2O).       >       > Hence 15 ppb= .015 mg/liter, etc. -- not a difficult conversion...       >       > Harel              No, not accurate...... .015 mg/l = .015 ppm, not ppb.       but thanks for being patronizing.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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