Re: "micron" to kg/m^2 conversion

balt wrote:
oops, that would be 1:92.903 then, misread your sqft as sq meters, i.e.
1kg/m^2 = 92.903 microns.

- Balt

Sorry, I made a (bad for a metric system user !) spelling mistake. I meant "one kilogram of water (about one liter) on a square meter of ground" so that the

> conversion between what they call "microns"
> and our kg/m2 is simply 1:1000?

yes.

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