2000-10-22
Mho might have some followers among old engineers, but I doubt among the
young ones. First of all, it is more common to measure resistance in ohms
than to measure conductance in siemens. Yet, there are those fields where
conductance is used. I have seen multimeters capable of measuring
conductance and they use the "S" symbol correctly. Also, they use mS and
�S. I do not know if people who use these meters read the "S" as siemens or
as mhos.
But, again, the use of outdated terms shows how up-to-date some industries
are or are not. I would be very leery of someone who is suppose to be an
expert, if they used obsolete terms. I have two co-workers who fall into
that category.
John
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I would not be surprised to see the mho used by people who don't realize
that this name was replaced by siemens. Also, chemists might possibly be
using the Faraday, still. I cannot provide any citations for this at the
moment but I'll look around.
Jim
Dennis Brownridge wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me if and to what extent the old non-SI (mostly cgs)
> electromagnetic units are still used? I still see the gauss
quite often, but
> what about the others, e.g.,
....
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