Milligrams per Liter
Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-017330
A measure of concentration of a dissolved substance. A concentration of one mg/L means that one milligram of a substance is dissolved in each liter of water. For practical purposes, this unit is equal to parts per million (ppm) since one liter of water is equal in weight to one million milligrams. Thus a liter of water containing 10 milligrams of calcium has 10 parts of calcium per one million parts of water, or 10 parts per million (10 ppm).
| Identifier | MLC-T-ENV-017330 |
|---|---|
| Field | Environment |
| Subject | Laws, regulations and executive orders |
| Abbreviation | mg/L |
| References | Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms |
Record as JSON
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"abbreviation": "mg/L",
"subject": "Laws, regulations and executive orders",
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