Re: uS/mS difference?

[ruddigar@home.com]

The uS is microsemens (greek letter mu instead of Latin letter u) and mS
is millisemens.  uS is S * 10 e -6 and mS is S * 10 e -3.

Jason Miller
Sherwood Park, AB

Apflanzeneh@webtv.net wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> I was hoping that someone out there could help me here:)
> I recently went looking for a P.h meter,in my mind was the American
> marine pinpoint meter.I decided that I was going to check the market
> place for price and different companies,I came up with the Hanna
> pH/ec/tds meter for only 35 canadian dollars more than the pinpoint
> model,so I figured what the hey and now own one :)
> Sorry but I can't find the correct symbol here,but what is the
> difference between uS and mS? Are they just different ranges of
> microsiemens?
> The model I purchased is the Hanna HI 9813,the range  is from 0.00- 4.00
> in mS/cm  There is another model Hanna HI 9812 whose range is from 0-
> 1990 in uS/cm.
> Both models convert EC into ppm. Is the HI 9813 too low range for our
> fishkeeping purposes?
> Also I'm sure that I've read somewhere that there is a correlation
> between microsiemens and dh,is there a fomula for conversion?
> As for the pH. part of of this toy whohooo no more drops!!
> Any info here would be appreciated :)
> 
> Steve
> Van. B.C
> 
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