The gauss is a cgs unit, not an SI unit. As Pierre rightly point out, 1 MG = 1hT or, as per the Wikipedia table at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system , 1 G = 10^-4 T.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pierre Abbat Sent: 15 May 2014 10:43 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53819] Re: MG On Tuesday, May 13, 2014 16:36:34 [email protected] wrote: > Dr Patricia Weeks here at the Salem Clinic printed out a perscription > for my wife today for 150 MG of a particular medication. Astonished, I > pointed out to Dr Weeks that when the M is capitalized, it means mega, > which in this case, would means 150 megagrams, or 150 metric tons of medication. MG is not megagram. It is megagauss (1 MG=1 hT). Pierre -- ve ka'a ro klaji la .romas. se jmaji
