How to Convert Conductivity
Electrical conductivity quantifies the quality of a substance to conduct electricity. Conductance, on the other hand, quantifies this quality for a specific object. Being a more general measure, conductivity can be found in tables, while conductance of a specific conductor is measured directly. The SI unit for conductivity is siemens per meter (S/m). However, different tables or graphs may give conductivity in other units, so it helps if you know how to convert between different units.
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Convert 1/(meter ohms) into siemens per meter by multiplying by siemen/ohm. In other words, a siemen is an inverse ohm, so you're just multiplying by 1. For this reason, a siemen is sometimes referred is a "mho." Therefore, convert a mho/meter to a S/m by multiplying by one (i.e. by multiplying by S/mho, which is 1, since they're the same value).
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Convert the numerator unit from mS/m into S/m by dividing by 1,000. In other words, if there is 1 millisiemen per meter, then there is only one-thousandth siemen per meter. For example, 5 mS/m = 0.005 S/m.
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Convert the numerator unit from picosiemens/meter to siemens/meter by dividing by 10^12, or 1 followed by 12 zeroes. For example, 3x10^10 picosiemens/meter = 3x10^-2 picosiemens/meter = 0.03 picosiemens/meter.
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Convert the numerator unit from gemmho/meter to siemens/meter by dividing by a million. For example 0.001 gemmho/meter = 1,000 S/m. This is the same factor to convert a micromho/meter into S/m.
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Convert ampere/(volt-meter) into S/m by multiplying by 1. I.e. one siemen equals one ampere/volt.
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Convert abmho/m into S/m by multiplying by a billion.
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Convert the denominator unit from centimeter to meter by multiplying the conductivity by 100. For example, 3 S/cm = 300 S/m.
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