unit in size distribution

Hi

Usually we express aerosol size distribution in ln(natural log) scale.
Since total no. concentration is in unit of cm-3.
So size distribution in log-scale will be in unit of micron-1.cm-3.

It was told that "we cannot take the logarithm of a dimensional
quantity". Therefore, ln(radius) is unitless.
Why?

Mike

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