Gustaf Sj�berg wrote in USMA 25133:

Could you just stop calling the ton (tonne) megagram...
Ridiculous!


The megegram is a multiple of an SI base unit.  The tonne is a"non-SI
unit accepted for use with the internationalsystem", Table 6 in the
BIPM bible.  Atomic Energy of Canada prefers the megagram rather than
the tonne.
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