PPM

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PPM stands for parts per million, a unit measuring concentration—how many units of one substance exist per million units of a whole.

Used for trace amounts in chemistry, environmental science, and industry: The water contained 50 ppm of chlorine.

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are measured in ppm.

Also written as ppm.

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loudness

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concentration

contaminant

Substance that pollutes

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printer

Machine producing paper copies

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Formal procedural framework

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Profits from investments

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scale of concentration units

PPM100%

Full amount possible

percent · percentage · pure · undiluted · whole

measurement precision vs. approximation

PPMunquantified

Not given a number

unmeasured · qualitative · trace · approximate · ballpark figure

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