[texhax] Units and chemistry

[Lars Madsen]

Simmie, John wrote, On 2011-12-29 11:00:
> Gord
> You might not have problems writing chemistry in math mode
> and having chemical formulae in math italic but all
> professional chemists would have problems including
> the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists IUPAC
> who set the global standards.
> 
> So, in math mode you must use \mathrm{CH_3CH_2OH}
> 

no, you use the mhchem package:

\ce{CH3CH2OH}

give you the same result ;-)

> And yes there must be a space (thinspace, ordinary) 
> between the number and the unit because they have different properties;
> you wouldn't dream of writing 3cats or 16dogs right?
> 

Is cat a unit? Giga cat ... damn scary


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/daleif