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}}</ref> or '''st'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is a short ton vs long ton? – Sage-Answers |url=https://sage-answers.com/what-is-a-short-ton-vs-long-ton/ |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=sage-answers.com}}</ref>), also known as the '''US ton''',<ref>{{Cite web |last=AME |date=2018-04-03 |title=Ton vs Tonne, what's the difference? Which one is heavier? |url=https://www.asseteng.com.au/blog/whats-difference-ton-tonne-one-heavier/ |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=Asset Management Engineers |language=en}}</ref> is a measurement [[Unit of measurement|unit]] equal to {{convert|2,000|lb|kg|2}}. It is commonly used in the [[United States]], where it is known simply as a '''ton | }}</ref> or '''st'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is a short ton vs long ton? – Sage-Answers |url=https://sage-answers.com/what-is-a-short-ton-vs-long-ton/ |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=sage-answers.com}}</ref>), also known as the '''US ton''',<ref>{{Cite web |last=AME |date=2018-04-03 |title=Ton vs Tonne, what's the difference? Which one is heavier? |url=https://www.asseteng.com.au/blog/whats-difference-ton-tonne-one-heavier/ |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=Asset Management Engineers |language=en}}</ref> is a measurement [[Unit of measurement|unit]] equal to {{convert|2,000|lb|kg|2}}. It is commonly used in the [[United States]], where it is known simply as a '''ton''';<ref name=NIST44-C /> however, the term is ambiguous, the single word "[[ton]]" being variously used for short, [[long ton|long]], and [[tonne|metric]] tons. | ||
The various tons are defined as units of mass.<ref>Butcher, Crown and Gentry, NIST Special Publication 1038, The International System of Units (SI) – Conversion Factors for General Use, 2006</ref> 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)|pound-force (lbf)]]. | The various tons are defined as units of mass.<ref>Butcher, Crown and Gentry, NIST Special Publication 1038, The International System of Units (SI) – Conversion Factors for General Use, 2006</ref> 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)|pound-force (lbf)]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:25, 26 June 2025
Template:Short description Template:Infobox unit The short ton (abbreviation: tn[1] or st[2]), also known as the US ton,[3] is a measurement unit equal to Template:Convert. 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.[4] 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).
United States
Script error: No such module "anchor". In the United States, a short ton is usually known simply as a "ton",[1] without distinguishing it from the tonne (Template:Convert), known there as the "metric ton", or the long ton also known as the "imperial ton" (Template:Convert). There are, however, some U.S. applications where unspecified tons normally mean long tons (for example, naval ships)[5] or metric tons (world grain production figures).Template:Fact
Both the long and short ton are defined as 20 hundredweights, but a hundredweight is Template:Convert in the US system (short or net hundredweight) and Template:Convert in the imperial system (long or gross hundredweight).[1]
A short ton–force is Template:Convert.
See also
- Tonnage, volume measurement used in maritime shipping, originally based on Template:Convert.
References
Template:United States Customary Units
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