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]