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The use and abuse of the terms percent, parts per million and parts in 10n: Open letter to Messrs T J Quinn and I M Mills

P Giacomo 2000 Metrologia 37 83-84   doi: 10.1088/0026-1394/37/1/13  Help

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P Giacomo
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Abstract. The hybrid character of the terms percent, parts per million and parts in 10n means that we should refrain from using them in scientific language. A clear and precise statement of the quantity considered would in all cases allow its value to be expressed as a simple number.

Print publication: Issue 1 (February 2000)

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