WELLOG SIEMENS AND MHOS
Revised:
© WELLOG 2007
Mhos are used to describe the measurement of Conductance. Conductance is the reciprocal of Resistance.
Mho is Ohm spelled backwards!
The Mho (conductance) is the reciprocal of Ohm (resistance). For example: 2 Ohms = ½ Mho.
All units may also be expressed in deci, milli, micro, etc. For example: 1 milli-mho = 1000 ohms.
10 Ohms = 1/10 Mho = 100 milli-mhos
OTHER UNITS OF CONDUCTANCE:
One Siemens (SI units) = 1 Mho (MKS units)
1 milli-siemens = .001 mho = 1000 ohms
10 milli-siemens = .01 mho
100 milli-siemens = .1 mho
1000 milli-siemens = 1 mho
1 deci-siemens = .1 mho
10 deci-siemens = 1 mho
1 centi-siemens = .01 mho
1 centimeter = .01 meter.
.5 deci-Siemens = 50 milli-mhos
Conductivity is expressed in terms of a volume, meters, cubic meters, cubic centimeters, etc. It is a reciprocal of resistivity.
1 milli-mho/meter = 1 milli-siemens/meter
.5 deci-siemens/meter = 50 mhos/cm (centimeter is 100 times smaller and 50 is 100 times larger than .5)
A scale of 100 to 19,900 micro-siemens/meter = .1 to 19.9 milli-mhos/meter.
1 milli-mho/cm = 100 milli-mhos/meter = 1 deci-siemens/meter
1 ohm-meter = .1 mho/meter = 100 milli-mhos/meter
10 ohm-meters = 10 milli-mhos/meter = 1 mho/cm.
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