Section: Appendix A Mass Units and Mass per Unit Area Conversions Mass Multiply ounces (oz) grams

(gm) pounds (lbs) pounds (lbs) kilograms (kg) kilograms (kg) metric tons or tonne (t)a metric tons or tonne (t) metric tons or tonne (t) metric tons or tonne (t) metric tons or tonne (t) U.S. or short tons, (ts) U.S. or short tons, (ts) U.S. or short tons, (ts) U.S. or short tons, (ts) Imperial or long tons (tl) Imperial or long tons (tl) Imperial or long tons (tl) Imperial or long tons (tl) by 28.3495 0.0353 0.4536 453.6 2.2046 0.0011 1 2205 1000 1.102 0.9842 2000 907.2 0.9072 0.8929 2240 1.12 1016 1.016 To Obtain grams ounces kilograms grams pounds U.S. or short tons megagram (Mg) pounds kilograms short tons long tons pounds kilograms megagrams Imperial or long tons pounds short tons kilograms megagrams

Mass per Unit Area Multiply megagram per hectare (Mg ha-1) kilograms per square meter (kg m-1) tons (short US) per acre (t ac-1) tons (short US) per acre (t ac-1) kilograms per square meter (kg m-1) pounds per square foot (lb ft2) kilograms per square meter (kg m-1) kilogram per hectare (kg ha-1) pounds per acre (lb ac-1)

by 0.4461 4.461 2.2417 0.2241 0.2048 4.8824 21.78 0.892 1.12

To Obtain short tons per acre short tons per acre megagram per hectare kilograms per square meter pounds per square foot kilogram per square meter short tons per acre pounds per acre kilogram per hectare

Sources: www.gordonengland.co.uk/conversion and http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/weight and the Family Farm Series Publication, "Vegetable Crop Production" at http://sfp.ucdavis.edu/pubs/Family_Farm_Series/Veg/Fertilizing/appendix.html

The proper SI unit for a metric ton or tonne is megagram (MG) however "t" is commonly used in practice as in dt ha-1 for dry ton per hectare. Writers in the US also normally use "t" for short ton as in dt ac-1 for dry ton per acre, so noting the context in the interpretation of "t" is important.

Biomass Energy Data Book -- 2011 -- http://cta.ornl.gov/bedb