Units of mass
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Contenido The mass is a physical magnitude that measures the amount of matter contained in a body. In the International System of Units, the official unit of mass is the kilogram. In the cgs system it is the gram.
Units of the International System of Units (SI)
- Teragram 1012 g (Tg)
- Gigagram 109 (Gg)
- Megagram or Metric Ton 106 (Mg or t)
- Fifth metric 105 (q)
- Kilogram 103 g (kg)
- Hectogram 102 g (hg)
- Decagram 101 g (dag)
- gram, 1 g (g)
- decigram, 10−1 (dg)
- centigram, 10−2 g (cg)
- milligram, 10−3 (mg)
- microgram, 10−6 g (μg)
- nanogram, 10−9 g (ng)
- picogram, 10−12 g (pg)
- femtogram, 10−15 g (fg)
- attogram, 10−18 g (ag)
- zeptogram, 10−21 g (zg)
- Yoctogram, 10−24 (yg)
English system of measurements
In the English system of measurements, the standard unit of mass is the pound.
United Kingdom
- Long ton or British
- Long or British Room
- Long or British
- Stone
- Libra avoirdupois
- Onza avoirdupois
- Dracma avoirdupois
- Grano
In the United States
- Short or American ton
- Short or American Room
- Short or American
- Arroba
- Libra avoirdupois
- Onza avoirdupois
- Dracma avoirdupois
- Grano
Equivalents in the United States
Rooms | Quintales | Arrobas | Libras | Onions | Dracmas | Grains | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
American ton | 4 | 20 | 80 | 2,000 | 32,000 | 512,000 | 14,000.000 |
American Room | - | 5 | 20 | 500 | 8,000 | 128,000 | 3,500,000 |
American Fifth | - | - | 4 | 100 | 1.600 | 25.600 | 700,000 |
Arroba | - | - | - | 25 | 400 | 6.400 | 175,000 |
Libra avoirdupois | - | - | - | - | 16 | 256 | 7,000 |
Onza avoirdupois | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 437.5 |
Dracma avoirdupois | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27,34375 |
Jewelry units
- carat (troy): 4 grams metric
- Metric grain: 50 mg
Units of Jewelery (Anglo-Saxon)
Onzas troy | Dracmas troy | Pennyweight | Grains | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Libra troy | 12 | 96 | 240 | 5.760 |
Onza troy | - | 8 | 20 | 480 |
Dracma troy | - | - | 2.5 | 60 |
Pennyweight | - | - | - | 24 |
- Carat (orfebred) = 4.167 % of precious metal purity.
Gravitational measurement systems
Technical
- UTM (technical mass unit)
English
- Slug
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