>Just to point out - in SI units the kilogram is the base unit of mass,
>not gram :)
>
>I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "standard unit".. if gram is
>too small just say it in kilograms?
Fair point, and it points out the flaw. The base unit of length isn't the kilometer, or the kiloliter, or the kilokelvin, or the kilocandela, or the kilo(whatever.) But for mass, it is. It breaks one of the simplest metric rules: a prefix may be added to a base unit to produce a base 10 multiple of the original unit.
Shouldn't one-thousandth of a kilogram be a millikilogram if it's the base unit?
>not gram :)
>
>I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "standard unit".. if gram is
>too small just say it in kilograms?
Fair point, and it points out the flaw. The base unit of length isn't the kilometer, or the kiloliter, or the kilokelvin, or the kilocandela, or the kilo(whatever.) But for mass, it is. It breaks one of the simplest metric rules: a prefix may be added to a base unit to produce a base 10 multiple of the original unit.
Shouldn't one-thousandth of a kilogram be a millikilogram if it's the base unit?