Re: Abbreviations

[Orion1111@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/5/98 8:23:53 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
barrym@stripe.colorado.edu writes:

<< Hi all - please help us settle a dispute... for those of us still using
 conventional units, is millirem abbreviated as mrem (small r) or
 mRem (capital R)?
 
 Thanks for your help - Regards, Michelle
 Michelle S. Barry, M.S.
 Radiation Safety Officer
 University of Colorado
 Health Physics Laboratory >>
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Unless some International Standards committee has changed the rules recently,
the convention is very simple:   If the unit is named after a human being,
capitalize the first letter.  Other wise, no.  Is rem named after someone?
Answer: No.  Therefore: rem, mrem, krem, etc.  Is Volt named after someone?
Yes!  Therefore: V, mV, kV, etc.

Any other questions?     Bob
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