CONVERSIONS OF TRACE CONCENTRATION UNITS SET TO MORE USABLE TERMS

 

Unit =

I PP Million

I PP Billion

I PP Trillion

Length =

1"/16 miles

1‑/16,000 miles

1‑/16,000,000 miles (or 6" towards the sun)

Time =

1 min/2 yrs

lsec/32 yrs

lsec/320 centuries

Money =

lc/$10,000

1c/$10,000,000

1c/10,000,000,000

Weight =

loz/31 tons of potato chips

1 pinch salt/10 tons potato chips

1 pinch salt/10,000 tons potato chips

Volume =

1 drop vermouth/80 fifths gin

1 drop vermouth/500 barrels gin

1 drop vermouth/150,000 hogsheads yin.

Area =

1 sq.ft/23 acres

1 sq.ft/36 sq. miles

1 sq.ft/250 sq. miles

Action =

1 bogey/3,500 golf tournaments

1 bogey/3,500,000 golf tournaments

1 bogey/3,500,000,000 golf tournaments

 

1 lob/1,200 tennis matches

1 lob/1,200,000 tennis matches

1 lob/1,200,000,000 tennis matches

Quality =

1 bad apple/2000 barrels

1 bad apple/2,000,000 barrels

1 bad apple/2,000,000,000 barrels

Rate =

1 dented fender/10 car lifetimes

1 dented fender/10,000 car lifetimes

1 dented fender/10,000,000 car‑lives.

0ther =

1 card/19,231 decks

1 card/19,231,000 decks

1 card/19,231,000,000 decks

 

 

Dimensions of a tank to hold 5,000,000 liters = 56.1022 x 56.1022 x 56.1022 feet = 176,579 cu. Ft

5 cc (I teaspoon) in a tank this size, would be 1 part per million [A James Bond Dry Martini]