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Re:Seagrass 'Neptune balls’ sieve millions of plastic partic... by h_anna_h on Saturday January 16, 2021 @06:27AM (#25801592)
I often see things like 500hz or 500g without the space. Are these incorrect too?
Re:Seagrass 'Neptune balls’ sieve millions of plastic partic... by jfk13 on Saturday January 16, 2021 @07:59AM (#25801924)
The safest answer is to consult your preferred publisher's style guide; there may be differences of opinion on issues like this.

https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/checklist.html, for example, says (item #15):

> There is a space between the numerical value and unit symbol ...

(although they fail to recommend making it a non-breaking space, which I think would be wiser).

There's plenty of further discussion to be found; e.g. https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/typography-rules-for...

Re:Seagrass 'Neptune balls’ sieve millions of plastic partic... by someperson on Saturday January 16, 2021 @08:06AM (#25801957)
By the way, it's Hz not hz