someguy3 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).message-squaremessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1544arrow-down129
arrow-up1515arrow-down1message-squareA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).someguy3 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square167fedilink
minus-squaresomeguy3OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoWhat country and industry do you work that calls it megagram?
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-211 months agoCarbon forestry. and global, but I work mostly with US companies
minus-squarekeanu0396@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoAlso in the sciences (I’m a geologist), Megagram is often used. Most recently I wrote a paper which included discussion about the amounts of Mercury in the atmosphere, and Mg was the unit used.
What country and industry do you work that calls it megagram?
Carbon forestry. and global, but I work mostly with US companies
Also in the sciences (I’m a geologist), Megagram is often used. Most recently I wrote a paper which included discussion about the amounts of Mercury in the atmosphere, and Mg was the unit used.