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What are the differences between ppm and ppb?

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PPM-Parts Per Million: Number of grams of solute per 1 million grams of solution. ppm=[mass of solute/mass of solution]*10 to the 6th power
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PPB-Parts Per Billion: Number of grams of solute per 1 billion grams of solution.
ppb=[mass of solute/mass of solution]*10 to the 9th power.
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