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parts per million (PPM)
Definition
Concentration
by
volume
of one part of a gas (or
vapor
), or by
weight
of a
liquid
or solid, per
million
parts
of air or liquid. One ppm is roughly
equivalent
to 5
liters
of
material
in an Olympic-size swimming
pool
.
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