However, most chemical literature traditionally uses mol/dm3, or mol dm−3, which is the same as mol/L. These traditional units are often denoted by a capital letter M (pronounced "molar"), sometimes preceded by an SI prefix, for example, millimoles per litre (mmol/L) or millimolar (mM), micromoles/litre (μmol/L) or micromolar (μM), or nanomoles/L (nmol/L) or nanomolar (nM).
Namun, kebanyakan literatur kimia tradisional menggunakan mol/dm3, atau mol dm−3, yang sama dengan mol/L. Satuan tradisional ini sering dilambangkan dengan huruf kapital M (diucapkan "molar"), kadang-kadang didahului oleh awalan SI, misalnya, milimol per liter (mmol/L) atau milimolar (mM), mikromol/liter (µmol/L) atau mikromolar (µM), atau nanomol/L (nmol/L) atau nanomolar (nM).