Metric Ton
type: Unit
description: The tonne (SI unit symbol: t) is a metric system unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms (2,204.6 pounds). It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with SI. To avoid confusion with the ton, it is also known as the metric tonne and metric ton in the United States[3] and occasionally in the United Kingdom. In SI units and prefixes, the tonne is a megagram (Mg), a rarely-used symbol, easily confused with mg, for milligram.
applicable system: CGS
applicable system: CGS-EMU
applicable system: CGS-GAUSS
applicable system: SI
conversion multiplier: 1000.0
conversion multiplier SN: 1.0E3
dbpedia match: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Tonne
exact match: TONNE
has dimension vector: A0E0L0I0M1H0T0D0
has quantity kind: Mass
iec61360 code: 0112/2///62720#UAA988
informative reference: https://cdd.iec.ch/cdd/iec62720/iec62720.nsf/Units/0112-2---62720%23UAA988
informative reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonne
plain text description: 1,000-fold of the SI base unit kilogram
scaling of: KiloGM
symbol: t
ucum code: t
unece common code: TNE
unit for quantity kind: Mass
alternative label: metric-tonne