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  2. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    See Weight for detail of mass/weight distinction and conversion. ... = 6.350 293 18 kg: ton, assay ... short ton per square foot: ≡ 1 short ton × g 0 / 1 sq ft

  3. 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) the weight of 35 cubic feet (0.991 m 3) [2 ...

  4. Imperial units - Wikipedia

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    1 016.046 9088 kg: Twenty hundredweight equals a ton (as in the US and Canadian [36] systems). The imperial hundredweight is 12% greater than the US and Canadian one. The imperial ton (or long ton) is 2240 pounds, which is much closer to a tonne (about 2 204.6 pounds), compared to the 10.7% smaller North American short ton of 2 000 pounds (907. ...

  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. Useful conversions and formulas for air dispersion modeling

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    Here are the conversion factors for those various expressions of wind speed: 1 m/s = 2.237 statute mile/h = 1.944 knots 1 knot = 1.151 statute mile/h = 0.514 m/s 1 statute mile/h = 0.869 knots = 0.447 m/s. Note: 1 statute mile = 5,280 feet = 1,609 meters

  7. 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 ... = 1 000 kilograms ... = 9.806 65 kilonewtons (kN) ≈ 2 204.623 pounds-force ...

  8. Ton - Wikipedia

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    the tonne, also called the metric ton, which is 1,000 kilograms (about 2,204.6 pounds) or 1 megagram. the short ton , which is 2,000 pounds (907.2 kilograms) Its original use as a unit of volume has continued in the capacity of cargo ships and in units such as the freight ton and a number of other units, ranging from 35 to 100 cubic feet (0.99 ...

  9. Tonnage - Wikipedia

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    British practice by the 19th century was for a ton of cargo volume to be 50 cubic feet (1.4 m 3). [6]: 13 This is derived from an estimate of the hull space needed to fit the roughly cylindrical tun and is broadly consistent with the much earlier French definition given below. The Bordeaux tun was used as a measurement elsewhere in Europe.