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  2. Tonne - Wikipedia

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    A metric ton unit (mtu) can mean 10 kg (22 lb) within metal trading, particularly within the United States. It traditionally referred to a metric ton of ore containing 1% (i.e. 10 kg) of metal. [20] [21] The following excerpt from a mining geology textbook describes its usage in the particular case of tungsten:

  3. Ton - Wikipedia

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    The water ton is used chiefly in Great Britain, in statistics dealing with petroleum products, and is defined as 224 imperial gallons (35.96 cu ft; 1.018 m 3), [22] the volume occupied by 1 long ton (2,240 lb; 1,016 kg) of water under the conditions that define the imperial gallon.

  4. Orders of magnitude (mass) - Wikipedia

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    1000 kg 1 tonne (U.S. spelling: metric ton) [59] 1000 kg 1 cubic metre of water [71] ... 4.3 × 10 9 kg Amount of matter converted into energy by the Sun each second ...

  5. Units of measurement in transportation - Wikipedia

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    kilogram (kg), the standard SI unit of mass. tonne (t), a non- SI but an accepted metric unit, defined as 1,000 kilograms . " short ton " is used in the US; 1 short ton = 2,000 pounds = 0.907 tonnes.

  6. TNT equivalent - Wikipedia

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    A ton of TNT equivalent is a unit of energy defined by convention to be 4.184 gigajoules (1 gigacalorie). [1] It is the approximate energy released in the detonation of a metric ton (1,000 kilograms) of trinitrotoluene (TNT). In other words, for each gram of TNT exploded, 4.184 kilojoules (or 4184 joules) of energy are released.

  7. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    1 long ton × g 0 / 1 sq ft ≈ 1.072 517 801 1595 × 10 5 Pa: micrometre of mercury: μmHg ≡ 13 595.1 kg/m 3 × 1 μm × g 0 ≈ 0.001 torr ≈ 0.133 3224 Pa [33] millimetre of mercury: mmHg: ≡ 13 595.1 kg/m 3 × 1 mm × g 0 ≈ 1 torr ≈ 133.3224 Pa [33] millimetre of water (3.98 °C) mmH 2 O ≈ 999.972 kg/m 3 × 1 mm × g 0 = 0.999 ...

  8. Long ton - Wikipedia

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    A long ton, also called the weight ton (W/T), [1] imperial ton, or displacement ton, is equal to: . 2,240 pounds (1,016.0 kilograms; 1.0160 metric tons) exactly 12% more than the 2,000 pounds of the North American short ton, being 20 long hundredweight (112 lb) rather than 20 short hundredweight (100 lb)

  9. Ton-force - Wikipedia

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    A ton-force is one of various units of force defined as the weight of one ton due to standard gravity. ... = 1 000 kilograms-force (kgf) = 9.806 65 kilonewtons (kN)