Count Alessandro Volta was an Italian scientist who invented the first battery. As a result, the SI unit for electric potential, the volt, is named after him. Each volt represents a potential of one joule per coulomb of charge. Like other metric units, the volt takes prefixes, including "micro-" and "milli-," which are used for smaller quantities of electric potential. The prefix "micro-" equals 10^-6 and the prefix "milli-" represents 10^-3, so it takes 1,000 microvolts to equal 1 millivolt.
Instructions
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Divide the number of microvolts by 1,000 to convert to millivolts. For example, if you have 340 microvolts, divide 340 by 1,000 to get 0.34 mV.
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Multiply the number of microvolts by 0.001 to convert to millivolts. Checking your answer, multiply 340 by 0.001 to get 0.34 mV.
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Check your answer using an online calculator.