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For those wondering like me: 6000 metric tons of silver is approximately 192,904,200 troy ounces, and 6000 US tons of silver is approximately 175,000,000 troy

For those wondering like me: 6000 metric tons of silver is approximately 192,904,200 troy ounces, and 6000 US tons of silver is approximately 175,000,000 troy ounces.

mads 2y ago
There is a US ton? My God...
- lobsterthief 2y ago
  Yes, many of us Americans wish we would adopt the metric system.
  - dghughes 2y ago
    You did. All your (USA) units use metric then are converted to US measurements. The US inch is officially 25.4mm exactly. https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/si-units-length https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/si-units-length
    - ddingus 2y ago
      Yup. And more things are SI units every day. I use them most of time now. We are getting there slowly.
      - dghughes 2y ago
        Wrapped in ham to fool the masses.
        ddingus 2y ago
        Lol, sure. I just made sure I did my homework so I can operate with anyone. And it was huge. I have few worries.
- dghf 2y ago
  And an imperial ton, which is different again.
- hansvm 2y ago
  To be perfectly fair, it was a little strange for the metric system to have a "ton" unit in the first place. Much like a foot or a cup, it's one of those units the metric system is trying to replace, but rather than use megagrams or something else perfectly sensible within the system they already created, they added to the confusion by defining yet another "ton" close enough to the historical units of the same name.
  - hwillis 2y ago
    it's because "megagram" and "milligram" are a hassle. With the added bonus of mm/MM being used to abbreviate millions, I'm personally very grateful for tonnes.
  - stonemetal12 2y ago
    The SI unit of measure is the Kilogram, not the gram. Therefore they ought to be using the kilokilogram KKg, not the Mg.
    - immibis 2y ago
      Just because the definition is based on 1000 of the base unit doesn't mean the prefixes start being weird.
      - stonemetal12 2y ago
        Not sure what you mean, kg is the base unit. /s >The SI comprises a coherent system of units of measurement starting with seven base units, which are the second (symbol s, the unit of time), metre (m, length), kilogram (kg, mass), ampere (A, electric current), kelvin (K, thermodynamic temperature), mole (mol, amount of substance), and candela (cd, luminous intensity). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units
    - rad_gruchalski 2y ago
      the SI unit for kilogram is kg and not Kg
- wtfmcgrill 2y ago
  There's the metric tonne 1000kg, the US short ton 2000lbs and the US long ton 2240lbs(1016kg) also known as imperial ton. I started calling the metric tonne a megagram because I got tired of trying to figure out if it was short, long or metric I was dealing with
  - boringg 2y ago
    The bane of all engineers having to do unit conversions and asking clarifying questions around what type of ton/tonne.
  - Suppafly 2y ago
    When is the long ton ever used, or is it just historical? I've only ever heard of the 2000lb variety my entire life.
- RichardCA 2y ago
  This is from a web site that's been around since the Web 1.0 era: https://www.ibiblio.org/units/dictT.html#ton https://www.ibiblio.org/units/dictT.html#ton
- fargle 2y ago
  oh there is a short ton, a long ton, a metric ton. the normal ton in the US is "short ton" which is 2,000 lbs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton we also often encounter a "f*ck ton" or even a "metric f*ck ton". these are usually informal units related to the number of things (especially annoying things) rather than strictly weight.
Gupie 2y ago
$30.59 per ounce (current)

For those wondering like me: 6000 metric tons of silver is approximately 192,904,200 troy ounces, and 6000 US tons of silver is approximately 175,000,000 troy ounces.

mads 2y ago

There is a US ton? My God...

lobsterthief 2y ago
Yes, many of us Americans wish we would adopt the metric system.
- dghughes 2y ago
  You did. All your (USA) units use metric then are converted to US measurements. The US inch is officially 25.4mm exactly. https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/si-units-length https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/si-units-length
  - ddingus 2y ago
    Yup. And more things are SI units every day. I use them most of time now. We are getting there slowly.
    - dghughes 2y ago
      Wrapped in ham to fool the masses.
      - ddingus 2y ago
        Lol, sure. I just made sure I did my homework so I can operate with anyone. And it was huge. I have few worries.
dghf 2y ago
And an imperial ton, which is different again.
hansvm 2y ago
To be perfectly fair, it was a little strange for the metric system to have a "ton" unit in the first place. Much like a foot or a cup, it's one of those units the metric system is trying to replace, but rather than use megagrams or something else perfectly sensible within the system they already created, they added to the confusion by defining yet another "ton" close enough to the historical units of the same name.
- hwillis 2y ago
  it's because "megagram" and "milligram" are a hassle. With the added bonus of mm/MM being used to abbreviate millions, I'm personally very grateful for tonnes.
- stonemetal12 2y ago
  The SI unit of measure is the Kilogram, not the gram. Therefore they ought to be using the kilokilogram KKg, not the Mg.
  - immibis 2y ago
    Just because the definition is based on 1000 of the base unit doesn't mean the prefixes start being weird.
    - stonemetal12 2y ago
      Not sure what you mean, kg is the base unit. /s >The SI comprises a coherent system of units of measurement starting with seven base units, which are the second (symbol s, the unit of time), metre (m, length), kilogram (kg, mass), ampere (A, electric current), kelvin (K, thermodynamic temperature), mole (mol, amount of substance), and candela (cd, luminous intensity). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units
  - rad_gruchalski 2y ago
    the SI unit for kilogram is kg and not Kg
wtfmcgrill 2y ago
There's the metric tonne 1000kg, the US short ton 2000lbs and the US long ton 2240lbs(1016kg) also known as imperial ton. I started calling the metric tonne a megagram because I got tired of trying to figure out if it was short, long or metric I was dealing with
- boringg 2y ago
  The bane of all engineers having to do unit conversions and asking clarifying questions around what type of ton/tonne.
- Suppafly 2y ago
  When is the long ton ever used, or is it just historical? I've only ever heard of the 2000lb variety my entire life.
RichardCA 2y ago
This is from a web site that's been around since the Web 1.0 era: https://www.ibiblio.org/units/dictT.html#ton https://www.ibiblio.org/units/dictT.html#ton
fargle 2y ago
oh there is a short ton, a long ton, a metric ton. the normal ton in the US is "short ton" which is 2,000 lbs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton we also often encounter a "f*ck ton" or even a "metric f*ck ton". these are usually informal units related to the number of things (especially annoying things) rather than strictly weight.

Gupie 2y ago

$30.59 per ounce (current)