Re:

[rkathren@tricity.WSU.edu (Ron L. Kathren)]

By international convention, lower case 'm' refers to the prefix 'milli';
upper case refers to 'mega'.  Judging by the type of measurement, clearly
the meaning is 'milli'.

Ron Kathren

At 07:34 PM 3/12/99 -0600, james.g.barnes@att.net wrote:
>Good afternoon;
>
>I am reading an article on the Namibian Uranium Miners, 
>and have a question regarding the abbreviation used for 
>the bioassay results.
>
>The report lists results of "9.57 +/- 7.9 mBq/l."
>
>Is the "m" for "milli" or "mega."
>
>I always thought "m" was reserved for "milli", and "M" 
>for "mega," but have seen it used both ways.
>
>
>Can anyone shed some light on this for me?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jim Barnes, CHP
>Radiation Safety Officer
>Rocketdyne / Boeing
>james.g.barnes@att.net
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