Dear Bill,

Shouldn't we prefer units that have a coherent unit in the denominator in
which case L/Mm would become �L/m (that's microlitre per metre)?

Cheers,

Pat Naughtin CAMS
Geelong, Australia

on 2002-11-16 08.22, Bill Potts at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Pay Naughtin wrote:
>> There seems to be a problem with the larger prefixes but only when they are
>> associated with the metre. For example, I have rarely heard or
>> seen the word megametre in any context.
> 
> You mean you haven't see fuel consumption rated in dekaliters per megameter
> (daL/Mm)? <g>
> 
> (Actually, I'm trying to decide whether or not that would be an improvement
> over L/100 km. I think my preference, though, would be for L/Mm.)
> 
> Bill Potts, CMS
> Roseville, CA
> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> 

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