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  2. Tonne - Wikipedia

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    It is equivalent to approximately 2,204.6 pounds, 1.102 short tons, and 0.984 long tons. ... In grams: 1 000 000 grams (g) or 1 megagram (Mg). Megagram is the ...

  3. Ton - Wikipedia

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    Ton is any of several units of measure of mass, volume or force. It has a long history and has acquired several meanings and uses. As a unit of mass, ton can mean: the long ton, which is 2,240 pounds (1,016.0 kilograms) the tonne, also called the metric ton, which is 1,000 kilograms (about 2,204.6 pounds) or 1 megagram.

  4. Orders of magnitude (mass) - Wikipedia

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    However, the names of all SI mass units are based on gram, rather than on kilogram; thus 10 3 kg is a megagram ... Ton (British) / 1 long ton (2240 pounds - U.S.) [59]

  5. Short ton - Wikipedia

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    The short ton (abbreviation tn [1]) is a measurement unit equal to 2,000 pounds (907.18 kg). It is commonly used in the United States, where it is known simply as a ton; [1] however, the term is ambiguous, the single word "ton" being variously used for short, long, and metric tons.

  6. 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)

  7. Imperial units - Wikipedia

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    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 (907.185 kg ...

  8. Hundredweight - Wikipedia

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    The long or imperial hundredweight of 8 stone or 112 pounds (50.80 kg) is defined in the British imperial system. [2] Under both conventions, there are 20 hundredweight in a ton, producing a "short ton" of 2,000 pounds (907.2 kg) and a "long ton" of 2,240 pounds (1,016 kg).

  9. Tun (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The word tun is etymologically related to the word ton for the unit of mass, the mass of a tun of wine being approximately one long ton, which is 2 240 pounds (1 016 kg). The spellings "tun" and "ton" were sometimes used interchangeably. [3]