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Danny,
Sorry, please read more carefully. Check out section 4. The units have both names and symbols. Names are not capitalized except at the beginning of a sentence. Symbols are capitalized if they are derived from a person's name. Ohm is a person's name, but it is not a unit symbol. The unit symbol for resistance is capital omega. The correct unit name for resistance is ohm. 73, Gene W4SZ Dan Richardson wrote: On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 20:46:18 GMT, Gene Fuller wrote: Nope, it's actually ohms with a lower case oh, at least in the US. Not according to the referance you gave at http://www.physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/contents.html Quote: 6.1.2 Capitalization Unit symbols are printed in lower-case letters except that: (a) the symbol or the first letter of the symbol is an upper-case letter when the name of the unit is derived from the name of a person... End quote. Ohm is a name of a person. Danny |
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