一个大小写,相差10亿倍:单晶密度的错误单位mg/m^3  

A billion(10~9)-fold difference between the capital and the lowercase of a letter M(m) used as two different SI prefixes:a wrong unit mg/m^3 for calculated density of a single crystal

作　　者：蒋晓晖[1] 

机构地区：[1]中国科学院上海有机化学研究所联合编辑室<中国化学>编辑部,上海200032

出　　处：《编辑学报》2008年第5期402-404,共3页Acta Editologica

摘　　要：单晶密度计算值的单位Mg/m3不时地由于SI词头大小写混淆而错为mg/m3,引起高达10亿倍的误差!为了防止这一错误在我国的化学类学术期刊里泛滥成灾,建议:1)投稿者采用另一与Mg/m3完全等价而又不易出错的传统性单位g/cm3;2)审稿者和期刊编辑,特别是统稿编辑和主编,要对这一错误予以高度重视,严格把关;3)审编者在来稿中发现这一错误后,应同时向作者明确指出并强调其错误所在和错误的严重性,以利作者日后不再重犯。In the manuscripts submitted to Chin J Chem the single crystal calculated density unit Mg/m^3 is frequently found to be mistaken as mg/m^3, which means a deviation as high as a billion （10^9） -fold from the correct value. In order to prevent this mistake from extending in our relevant journals the following approaches are suggested： 1 ） the traditional equivalent unit g/cm3 that is not easily mistaken be adopted instead of Mg/m^3 by authors; 2 ） Referees and editors, especially editors-in-chief, should pay much attention to carefully discriminating between the capital and lowercase English letters M and m to strictly control this error; 3 ） Detail explanation of this wrong unit mg/m^3 should be provided for the authors who have made the confusion to prevent them from confusing again.

关 键 词：单位 SI词头英文字母大小写 单晶密度 MG/M^3 误差 期刊编辑质量 

分 类 号：G232[文化科学] TH715.2[机械工程—测试计量技术及仪器]