What is microgram?

A microgram is a metric unit of mass equal to one millionth of a gram. It is used in analytical chemistry, toxicology, pharmacology, and measuring trace amounts of substances in laboratory settings.

What is milligram?

A milligram is a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a gram. It is commonly used in pharmaceutical dosing, nutritional content labelling, and laboratory chemistry.

Worked examples

1 microgram = 0.001 milligram

1 milligram = 0.000001 kilogram