Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
8 Tables
8.1 Concentration Units
Table 8.1.
Concentration units
Concentration unit
Symbol
Definition
Description
Mol
·
l
−1
Molarity
M
Moles per liter solution
kg
−1
Molality
-
Mol
·
Moles per kilogram
solvent
l
−1
n
−1
Normality
N
Mol
·
·
Moles per liter solution
and equivalent
Val
·
l
−1
Normality
N
Vales per liter solution
Percentage weight
per volume
% (w/v)
Grams per 100 ml
solution
Percentage weight
per weight
% (w/w)
Grams per 100 g
solution
Percentage volume
per volume
% (v/v)
Milliliters per 100 ml
solution
10
−4
%
Parts per million
parts
ppm
e.g., ng/mg
10
−7
%
Parts per billion
parts
ppb
e.g., pg/mg
