[USMA:29381] RE: Canadian metric muddle evident

[Bill and/or Barbara Hooper]

J Ward wrote, responding to Bill Potts's message:

On Tuesday 30 March 2004 10:29, Bill Potts wrote:
The letter p is the symbol for
the prefix, "peta," which would make kph the non-SI value, 
"kilopetahours."
I'm guessing your meant "pico?"
He is right. The symbols are:

p  for pico (x 10^-12)

P  for peta (x 10^+15)

So kph would mean "kilopicohours"

while KPH would mean "kelvin-petahenries".

Regards,
Bill Hooper
Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
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