[Tex/LaTex] Automatically-adjusted spacing for scientific notation in siunitx

siunitx

With the input

[ n=CV = \SI{3.29e-3}{\micro\mol\per\L} \times \SI{8e-4}{L} = \SI{2.63}{\micro\mol} \]

I get output

enter image description here

As you see the spacing is not quite right – I really want the spacing of the scientific notation to be tighter, the terms 8 \times 10^-6 grouped together so it maintains its distinctness.

Edit: I noticed an arithmetic error; I left out e-06 on the RHS of the equation, but that's beside the point! 😛

@aghsmith + @ Joseph Wright: Current accepted solution (2) compared with original (1).
enter image description here

It may be as good as it gets but I still have reservations about reading a page full of these kinds of scientific notations mixed with operators, numbers and units. The different terms meld into each other and it is difficult to discern discrete terms. Aghsmith's solution offers an improvement, but I can't help thinking more could be done with the spacing.

Solution accepted but still open to further suggestions for improvements, assuming I don't have the luxury of omitting or units or using dots for multiplication signs. I have thought about using \quad to increase the spacing between terms but that is too much manual effort…

Best Answer

Use the tight-spacing=true option:

 \documentclass{article}
 \usepackage{amsmath}
 \usepackage{siunitx}


 \begin{document}

 \[ n=CV = \SI[tight-spacing=true]{3.29e-3}{\micro\mol\per\L} \times \SI[tight-spacing=true]{8e-4}{L} = \SI[tight-spacing=true]{2.63}{\micro\mol} \]


 \end{document}

or you can put that in the package options, or options just for the local environment:

  \sisetup{tight-spacing=true}
Related Question