You're correct, of course. The problem is not lack of knowledge, but sloppy typing (something that I am an expert on).
Bob Wilson TIR Systems Ltd. Vancouver. -----Original Message----- From: bogdan matoga [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: June 22, 2002 5:55 PM To: Robert Wilson Cc: TM66; [email protected] Subject: Re: SI Unit for volume Bob: When you go for SI then please stay with the convention, i.e. kilowatt is abbreviated as kW and not KW. We are hopefully beyond the time when MAmp was supposed to mean milliampere. Regards, Bogdan. Robert Wilson wrote: > Sorry, you're right. I had meant mW/cc, not W/cc. Until recently > Ferroxcube and others had listed their ferrite's hysteresis losses (as a > function of frequency and flux density) in terms of mW/cc. Then suddenly > their new datasheets changed to KW/m^3. My first reaction was that they > must be crazy to apply these enormous units to a ferrite core, a dozen > of which would fit in the palm of one's hand! But it quickly became > obvious that these units were actually the same as the old mW/cc. > > Bob Wilson > TIR Systems Ltd. > Vancouver. > > -----Original Message----- > From: TM66 [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: June 21, 2002 11:12 AM > To: Robert Wilson > Subject: Re: SI Unit for volume > > Bob, > > W/cc is multiple of KW/m^3. > > 1 KW = 1,000 W and 1 m^3 = 1,000,000 cc > therefore: > 1 KW/m^3 = 1,000 W/1,000,000 cc = 0.001 W/cc or > 1 W/cc = 1,000 KW/m^3 > > Robert Wilson wrote: > ... > > For example, in the latest Ferroxcube ferrite core > > catalogue, specific values of core hysteresis losses are given in KW > per > > m^3 of ferrite material, even though these are the same units as W/cc. > > ... > > Regards, > Mirko Matejic > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: [email protected] > Dave Heald: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
