I have noted a number of pharmaceutical products which have changed from using "mcm" to um (u = mu) in the last few years. [I wrote to a number of them :) ] Duncan
-----Original Message----- From: Bill Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: February 5, 2002 17:30 Subject: [USMA:17954] Re: Query about measurement!! >Marcus Berger wrote: > >"... sorry, guys, don't have the "micro" symbol here ..." > >In that case, you should write um, not mcm. The u is the accepted substitute >for the mu, where the mu is unavailable. Other than in the U.S. >pharmaceutical industry, mc is not considered acceptable as a prefix. Even >for use within the U.S. pharmaceutical industry, mc is not considered >acceptable by CGPM -- only by the industry itself. > >Bill Potts, CMS >Roseville, CA >http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >
