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Those for diesel engines might have 1 gramme of platinum per half kilo brick of the zirconia, those for petrol engines a mixture of platinum, palladium and rhodium.

From Forbes • Jul. 15, 2013

To one gramme per half kilo, or 2,000 ppm.

From Forbes • Jul. 15, 2013

Peeling Through Layers, With Drums and High Kicks “N’a pas un gramme de charisme” is a worthy title for Claude Wampler’s new show: it translates, roughly, as “Hasn’t an ounce of charisma.”

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2013

It was curious that 24 hours later convulsions ensued again not so acute, and I treat this with a 0.20 gramme of sodium amytal diluted and injected hypodermically.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Gonadal hormones, transfusion of young blood, magnesium salts . . .” “And do remember that a gramme is better than a damn.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley