Micromole per what? Also, ppm by weight or by volume? Anyway to convert mass to moles you need to divide by the molecular weight of methane (12+4 =16) .
I'm assuming you're talking about parts per million of gas in air. That's what I've done.
Basically, ppm is already micromoles per mole. To turn moles of gas into a volume, you need to know the number of molecules of gas in a set volume at a given temperature and pressure, and use the Ideal Gas Law. Or, you can trust wikipedia, using the page for Molar Volume.
0.024465 m3/mol at 25 °C
OK, we'll keep it at 25 C for now, you can adjust to your temperatures later.
0.024465 cubic metres per mole is 40.87472 moles per cubic metre.
If your concentration of CH4 is 2.5 ppmv (a typical value for near-surface atmosphere), then the total amount of CH4 per cubic metre is (2.5 / 1000 000 * 40.87472) = 0.000102187 moles / m3
Dear all, the using Handheld Laser methane Detector (LMD) provide unit is ppm x m. parts per million × metre. How to calcutlate as mg/L or mg/m3? thank you.
Old topic. I would guess that ppm would refer more to ppmV in the case of gases (uL/L for example), so approximating ppm to ppmMOL or to mg/L is indeed an approximation...to solve ppmV, you could use another approximation, the ideal gases law (PV = nRT), valid for "relatively low pressures" but possibly just fine for your case. It depends on how much accurate you need to be. AND mostly, on what your unit is indeed (ppmW, ppmV or ppmMOL).