1 t, not 1 T. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Jim Elwell >Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 07:47 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:25137] Re: t = t > > >At 14 March 2003, 10:35 AM, Gustaf Sj�berg wrote: >>Could you just stop calling the ton (tonne) megagram... >>Ridiculous! > >Why is it ridiculous to call something what it is? > >1 metric ton = 1 tonne = 1 megagram = 1 T = 1 Mg > >They are all the same thing. > >IEEE/ASTM SI10-1997 restricts "metric ton" and "tonne" to commercial usage >only, implying that "megagram" is the better term in most applications. > > >Jim Elwell, CAMS >Electrical Engineer >Industrial manufacturing manager >Salt Lake City, Utah, USA >www.qsicorp.com >
