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Parts per million to milligrams per liter

Type a value in ppm to get it in mg/L instantly.

1mg/L

That's 20× as concentrated as an ozone alert, while pool chlorine is 2× stronger. In a liter of water that is about 1 mg.

What it means

How strong is that?

For dilute water solutions 1 ppm equals 1 mg/L, because a liter of water weighs a kilogram. For air and other liquids that shortcut does not hold.

The math

How to convert ppm to mg/L

To convert parts per million to milligrams per liter, multiply by 1.

Example: 1 ppm × 1 = 1 mg/L.

In the other direction, 1 mg/L = 1 ppm.

Every unit

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Tables

ppm to mg/L conversion table

ppm to mg/L conversion table
ppmmg/L
0.001 ppm0.001 mg/L
0.01 ppm0.01 mg/L
0.1 ppm0.1 mg/L
0.5 ppm0.5 mg/L
1 ppm1 mg/L
2 ppm2 mg/L
5 ppm5 mg/L
10 ppm10 mg/L
25 ppm25 mg/L
50 ppm50 mg/L
75 ppm75 mg/L
100 ppm100 mg/L
mg/L to ppm conversion table
mg/L to ppm conversion table
mg/Lppm
0.001 mg/L0.001 ppm
0.01 mg/L0.01 ppm
0.1 mg/L0.1 ppm
0.5 mg/L0.5 ppm
1 mg/L1 ppm
2 mg/L2 ppm
5 mg/L5 ppm
10 mg/L10 ppm
25 mg/L25 ppm
50 mg/L50 ppm
75 mg/L75 ppm
100 mg/L100 ppm

Quick answers

Quick answers

How many mg/L is 1 ppm?
1 ppm is 1 mg/L.
How many mg/L is 10 ppm?
10 ppm is 10 mg/L.

The units

About these units

Parts per million (ppm)

One part in a million. Water quality, CO₂ levels and trace metals are reported in ppm.

Milligrams per liter (mg/L)

For dilute water solutions this equals ppm exactly, which is why lab reports mix the two.

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