Re: Dumb Question Mk II

["Michael C. Baker" <mcbaker@lanl.gov>]

P stands for "peta" = 10e15.  For a reference you can check the AIP 
style manual table IV.

Mike Baker ... mcbaker@lanl.gov

At 11:05 AM 7/17/98 -0500, you wrote:
>What does the 'P' stand for in the units below?  Am I to asume that SI had
>to come up with a prefix for 10^15 because of the Bq unit problem?  (Down
>with Bequerel!  Long live Mme. Curie!)  Ahem...I hear Melissa now: "Step
>down from the soap box Scott, you said that already."
>Yours in confusion,
>
>Scott Kniffin
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>At 10:45 07/17/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>Becquerels of cesium and strontium:
>>Total released to the Mayak area: 8900 PBq.
>>For comparison:
>>1. Total from all atmospheric bomb tests: 1550 Bq.
>>2. Chernobyl: 70 PBq.
>>3. Sellafield: 47 PBq.
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