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elemental rule (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/196
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[-] Eagle0600@yiffit.net 20 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That's 0 milligrams. 0 magnesium would be "0 Mg" (pay attention to capitalisation). Or even "0mg Mg".

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

But but but 0 Mg would mean 0 megagrams! Capitalization doesn't fix the ambiguity!!1!

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

0mg is unambiguous. 0Mg has the two options. The issue is just that the OP is wrong (well, partially right but not what they wanted).

[-] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

0 milligrams of magnesium.

[-] allroy@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

people are focused on other wrong things but.... the past participle of run is run

https://homework.study.com/explanation/what-is-the-past-participle-of-run.html

[-] catfooddispenser@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah it's seriously upsetting.

[-] MashedTech@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

0 milligrams or 0 Magnesium?

[-] az04@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago
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[-] SpaceScotsman@startrek.website 8 points 9 months ago

Instead of arguing about 0Mg vs 0mg - use the best of both and upset everyone: 0ᴍg

[-] Nikki@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

youve heard of uppercase and lowercase, meet middlecase

[-] unlucky@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

While we're intentionally avoiding the joke, a space should be placed between the number and the unit, preferably a non-breaking one.

[-] ratzki@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 months ago

Mg: 0 mg

IUPAC convention needs a space between number and unit. You can only omit the space for % or degrees.

[-] lightrush@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago
[-] Tischkante@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 months ago

That's deadly isn't it

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