Mass Conversions

Mass is the amount of material contained within a defined volume. Technically, it is a measure of a body's resistance to acceleration, but most people don't think of it that way.

This table provides some of the most often used conversion factors between units.

Standard units = Kilogram (kg)

	ounce	pound	ton	gram	kilogram	slug	u^†
1 oz =	1	6.250 * 10^-2	3.125 * 10^-5	28.35	2.835 * 10^-2	1.942 * 10^-3	1.708 * 10²⁵
1 lb =	16	1	0.0005	453.6	0.4536	3.108 * 10^-2	2.732 * 10²⁶
1 ton =	3.200 * 10⁴	2000	1	9.072x10⁵	907.2	62.16	5.465 * 10²⁹
1 g =	3.527 * 10^-2	2.205 * 10^-3	1.102 * 10^-6	1	0.001	6.852 * 10^-5	6.024 * 10²³
1 kg =	35.27	2.205	1.102 * 10^-3	1000	1	6.852 * 10^-2	6.024 * 10²⁶
1 slug =	514.8	32.17	1.609 * 10^-2	1.459 * 10⁴	14.59	1	8.789 * 10²⁷
1 u =	5.855 * 10^-26	3.660 * 10^-27	1.829 * 10^-30	1.660 * 10^-24	1.660 * 10^-27	1.137 * 10^-28	1

† = atomic mass unit

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