To convert milligrams (mg) to nanograms (ng), you need to understand the relationship between these units of measurement. Both milligrams and nanograms are units of mass in the metric system, but they differ in scale.
1 milligram (mg) is equal to 1,000,000 nanograms (ng). This is because the prefix ‘milli-‘ denotes a factor of 10-3, and the prefix ‘nano-‘ denotes a factor of 10-9. Therefore, to convert from milligrams to nanograms, you multiply by 1,000,000.
So, to find out how many nanograms are in 5 milligrams, you can use the following calculation:
5 mg × 1,000,000 ng/mg = 5,000,000 ng
Therefore, there are 5,000,000 nanograms in 5 milligrams.