ppb - parts per billion

Japanese: ppb - ピーピービー
ppb - parts per billion
A symbol that represents parts per billion, or parts per billion. It is used to indicate trace amounts of pollutants, with 1 ppb indicating a concentration of one part in a billion, or 10 -9 (in the UK it is called one part in a trillion, or 10 -12 ).

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Japanese:
10億分率を表わす記号で,part per billionの略。公害物質の微量含有率などを示すのに用いられ,1ppbは含有率が 10億分の1すなわち 10-9 (イギリスでは1兆分の1,すなわち 10-12 ) であることを示す。

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