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General
Milliequivalent per Liter (meq/L) Milligram per Liter (mg/L) Milliequivalent weight (mg/meq)
Milligram per Liter (mg/L) Milliequivalent per Liter (meq/L) 1 over milliequivalent weight (1/(mg/meq))
Millgram per Liter (mg/L) Parts per million (ppm) 1
Milligram (mg) Microgram (ug) 1000
Percent (%) Parts per million (ppm) 10,000
Electrical Conductivity (E.C.) millimhos/cm (mmhos/cm) Electical Conductivity (E.C.) micromhos/cm (umhos/cm) 1000
Soil
Milligram per Kilogram (mg/Kg) Parts per million (ppm) 1
mg/Kg or ppm Pounds per acre-6 inch (lb/Acre) 2
Sulfate (mg/Kg) Sulfate-Sulfur (mg/Kg) 0.3338
Acre-foot of soil
Pounds of soil
4,000,000
Pound per Acre
Kilograms per Hectare
1.12
Acre
Square Feet
43,560
Water
Hardness as CaCO3 (mg/L) Hardness as CaCO3 (gains/gal) 1/17.1
Calcium plus Magnesium (meq/L) Hardness as CaCO3 (mg/L) 50
E.C. (umhos/cm) Soluble Salts (mg/L) 0.6 to 0.7 (Ave=0.64)
E.C. (umhos/cm) meq/L (Dissolved Cations or Anions)
0.01
mg/L (ppm)
Tons per Acre-foot
0.00136
Air
No Data Available No Data Available No Data Available
Plant
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (%) Protein (%) 6.25
Percent (%) Milligrams per Kilogram (mg/Kg) 10,000
Nitrate-Nitrogen (mg/Kg) Nitrate (mg/Kg) 4.43