Pat Naughtin wrote is USMA 10342 > >on 07.01.2001 07.21, Paul Trusten at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> The best solution to this communication problem is mathematical facility >> in using decimals and in using SI, so the writer writes either 0.025 mg >> OR 25 mcg (sorry, I don't have a "mu" handy) and the reader can >> understand either notation. > >A better solution is to use the recommended alternative for those without >access to a full range of characters - use lower case 'u' in place of the >Greek letter (mu). Your example would then read ' 0.025 mg OR 25 ug'. > >I can't remember the number of the relevant ISO standard for this but I'm >sure that one of our colleagues can tell us. International Standard ISO 2955 specifies the use of u when the Greek letter mu is not available.
