Dalton is a non-SI unit of mass, equal to 1.660 566 yg. See
http://metric1.org/nonsi.htm.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Carter, Baron
> Sent: July 12, 2001 13:38
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:14342] weird units
>
>
> cM centimorgan The centiMorgan is a unit equal to one percent (1 %)
> recombination
>
> kDa kilodalton
>
> seen here
> http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00335/author.html
> <http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00335/author.html>
>
>
> centiRays
>
> seen here
> http://www.jax.org/resources/documents/cmdata/rhmap/maps/11MapPage.html
> <http://www.jax.org/resources/documents/cmdata/rhmap/maps/11MapPage.html>
>
> What are these and will they go away?
>
>
> Baron Carter
>
