Back طن أمريكي Arabic Амэрыканская тона BE-X-OLD Tona curta Catalan Amerikanische Tonne German Tonelada corta Spanish تن کوچک Persian Short ton French Amerikai tonna Hungarian Ton pendek ID ショートトン Japanese
| short ton | |
|---|---|
| Unit system | United States customary units |
| Unit of | Mass |
| In base units | 2,000 lb |
| Conversions | |
| 1 short ton in ... | ... is equal to ... |
| SI base units | 907.18 kg |
| Metric tons | 0.90718 t |
| Long tons | 0.893 long tons |
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.
The various tons are defined as units of mass.[2] They are sometimes used as units of weight, the force exerted by a mass at standard gravity (e.g., short ton-force). One short ton exerts a weight at one standard gravity of 2,000 pound-force (lbf).
- ^ a b
"NIST Handbook 44 Specifications: Handbook 44 – 2023 Appendix C – General Tables of Units of Measurement" (PDF). November 18, 2022. p. C-7. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
20 hundredweights = 1 ton
- ^ Butcher, Crown and Gentry, NIST Special Publication 1038, The International System of Units (SI) – Conversion Factors for General Use, 2006