What unit symbol is this and what does Gg represent?

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Sep 4, 2016

scienceNewbie0023

what does "Gg" represent ?

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Sep 4, 2016

jedishrfu

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A Gigagram:

http://www.convertunits.com/info/Gg

One Gigagram is a million kilograms or a billion grams.

Sep 5, 2016

scienceNewbie0023

jedishrfu said:

A Gigagram:

http://www.convertunits.com/info/Gg

One Gigagram is a million kilograms or a billion grams.

thanks for the help

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