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Convert Grams to Micrograms

1 gram is 1,000,000 mcg. One gram is exactly 1000000 micrograms.

One gram is 1000000 micrograms. To convert grams to micrograms, multiply by 1000000; to go the other way, divide by 1000000 or multiply by 1.0000 × 10^-6. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST Handbook 44. One thousandth of a kilogram, and the unit nutrition labels use worldwide.

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Micrograms
1,000,000 mcg
Grams × 1000000
value * 10000001,000,000 mcg

1 gram in every weight unit

UnitValueExact factor
ounces0.03527396195 oz× 0.0352739619496
pounds0.002204622622 lb× 0.00220462262185
stone0.0001574730444 st× 0.000157473044418
US tons0.000001102311311 ton× 0.00000110231131092
micrograms1,000,000 mcg× 1,000,000
milligrams1,000 mg× 1,000
grams (as entered)1 g
kilograms0.001 kg× 0.001
tonnes0.000001 t× 0.000001

Factors are entered by hand from NIST Handbook 44 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.

How do you convert grams to micrograms?

  1. 1.Take the measurement in grams.
  2. 2.Multiply by 1000000 — that is how many micrograms fit in one gram.
  3. 3.To go back the other way, divide by 1000000, or multiply by 1.0000 × 10^-6.

Grams to micrograms conversion table

GramsMicrograms
1 g1,000,000 mcg
2 g2,000,000 mcg
3 g3,000,000 mcg
4 g4,000,000 mcg
5 g5,000,000 mcg
6 g6,000,000 mcg
7 g7,000,000 mcg
8 g8,000,000 mcg
9 g9,000,000 mcg
10 g10,000,000 mcg
12 g12,000,000 mcg
15 g15,000,000 mcg
20 g20,000,000 mcg
25 g25,000,000 mcg
50 g50,000,000 mcg
100 g100,000,000 mcg

What are grams and micrograms?

Gram (g)
One thousandth of a kilogram, and the unit nutrition labels use worldwide.
Microgram (mcg)
One millionth of a gram. Written mcg rather than µg on labels deliberately: the Greek letter is the character most often lost in transcription, and a factor of a thousand in a dose is not a rounding error.

Source: NIST Handbook 44 — mass and weight

Questions people actually ask

How many micrograms are in a gram?
1000000. One millionth of a gram. Written mcg rather than µg on labels deliberately: the Greek letter is the character most often lost in transcription, and a factor of a thousand in a dose is not a rounding error.
How do I convert micrograms back to grams?
Divide by 1000000, or multiply by 1.0000 × 10^-6 — they are the same operation.

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