What are micrograms?
microgram is a metric unit of weight equal to a thousandth of milligrams (mg). In other words, the microgram is a thousand times less than milligrams. Micrograms are a million times smaller than grams (g); One gram equals one million micrograms. The microgram is one of the smallest units used. Many drugs are prescribed using micrograms as their measurement.
The international units (SI) system is the most widespread measurement system in the world. It is a modern form of metric system and consists of a set of basic units and prefix. Each of the basic units represents a special physical property of the object. The basic unit for weight is kilograms (kg). Kilograms are 1,000 times larger than grams, which makes them 1,000,000,000 times larger than micrograms. No matter what basic unit or physical property, measuring, the same prefixes are used. Whether we are talking about weight, volume or length, such as multiple 10 has a prefix deca while a multiple of tenIny or 10 times smaller, has a prefix . The microgram is a million times smaller than gram and the opposite multiple of the microgram - or a million times greater than gram - is a megagram.
Scientific abbreviation used for microgram is µg, using a symbol for the Greek letter MU. In the United States, it was recommended that MCG should be used instead of scientific abbreviations. This recommendation was based on the errors that were made when the abbreviation was written manually and µ with incorrect as m. When dealing with doses of medicine, this error can lead to a thousand times overdose to the patient.
All metric measurements are carried out at the base 10, which is quite easy gears between units. If you want to convert milligrams to micrograms, you must multiply the weight by 1,000. For example, if you have a weight of 2.5 mg, multiplying 1,000 you would have 2,500 ug. You want to convert the opposite direction, you need to divide by 1,000. The same process is monitored for the conversion nAnd az grams, except for multiplying or dividing one million.