Short ton
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
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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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- ↑ Butcher, Crown and Gentry, NIST Special Publication 1038, The International System of Units (SI) – Conversion Factors for General Use, 2006
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