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Short ton (US ton) — a US customary unit of mass equal to 2000 pounds
It is defined as exactly 2000 avoirdupois pounds; since 1 lb = 0.45359237 kg exactly, 1 short ton = 907.18474 kg exactly. Used mainly in the United States for measuring large masses in freight, shipping, industry, agriculture, construction, vehicles, and commodities.
- Symbol: US ton, short ton
- System: US customary unit for mass
- Exact relations: 1 short ton = 2000 lb = 32,000 oz = 907.18474 kg
- Metric equivalents: 1 short ton ≈ 907.185 kg ≈ 0.907185 t
- Typical examples: a small car ~1.5 short tons; a pickup truck ~2.5 short tons; bulk gravel, coal, or grain often measured in short tons.
Grain (gr) — a small imperial and US customary unit of mass
It is defined as exactly 1/7000 of an avoirdupois pound; since 1 lb = 0.45359237 kg exactly, 1 gr = 64.79891 mg exactly. Used mainly for measuring bullets, gunpowder, arrows, and some pharmaceutical or historical masses.
- Symbol: gr
- System: Imperial and US customary unit for mass
- Exact relations: 1 gr = 1/7000 lb = 1/437.5 oz = 64.79891 mg
- Metric equivalents: 1 gr = 0.06479891 g ≈ 0.0000647989 kg
- Typical examples: a small bullet ~40 gr; a larger rifle bullet ~150 gr; an aspirin tablet was historically 5 gr.