Convert Slugs to Tonnes
1 slug is 0.01 t. One slug is exactly 0.0145939029372 tonnes.
One slug is 0.014593903 tonnes. To convert slugs to tonnes, multiply by 0.014593903; to go the other way, divide by 0.014593903 or multiply by 68.521766. The relation is exact but the figure is not: it is a rounding of a number that does not terminate, and it follows from NIST Handbook 44. The mass that one pound-force accelerates at one foot per second squared — 32.174 pounds.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Slugs × 0.014593903
1 * 0.01459390.015 t
1 slug in every weight unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| ounces | 514.7847769 oz | × 514.784776903 |
| pounds | 32.17404856 lb | × 32.1740485564 |
| stone | 2.298146325 st | × 2.29814632546 |
| US tons | 0.01608702428 ton | × 0.0160870242782 |
| micrograms | 14,593,902,940 mcg | × 14,593,902,937.2 |
| milligrams | 14,593,902.94 mg | × 14,593,902.9372 |
| centigrams | 1,459,390.294 cg | × 1,459,390.29372 |
| grams | 14,593.90294 g | × 14,593.9029372 |
| kilograms | 14.59390294 kg | × 14.5939029372 |
| slugs (as entered) | 1 slug | — |
| tonnes | 0.01459390294 t | × 0.0145939029372 |
| carats | 72,969.51469 ct | × 72,969.514686 |
| troy ounces | 469.2048748 ozt | × 469.204874781 |
| grains | 225,218.3399 gr | × 225,218.339895 |
| long tons | 0.01436341453 LT | × 0.0143634145341 |
Factors are entered by hand from NIST Handbook 44 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
How do you convert slugs to tonnes? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in slugs.
- 2.Multiply by 0.014593903 — that is how many tonnes fit in one slug.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.014593903, or multiply by 68.521766.
Worked example: 25 slugs to tonnes
- Formula
- slug × 0.014593903 = t
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 0.014593903 = 0.36 t
- Answer
- 25 slug = 0.36 t
The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.
Slugs to tonnes conversion table
| Slugs | Tonnes |
|---|---|
| 1 slug | 0.01 t |
| 2 slug | 0.03 t |
| 3 slug | 0.04 t |
| 4 slug | 0.06 t |
| 5 slug | 0.07 t |
| 6 slug | 0.09 t |
| 7 slug | 0.1 t |
| 8 slug | 0.12 t |
| 9 slug | 0.13 t |
| 10 slug | 0.15 t |
| 12 slug | 0.18 t |
| 15 slug | 0.22 t |
| 20 slug | 0.29 t |
| 25 slug | 0.36 t |
| 50 slug | 0.73 t |
| 100 slug | 1.46 t |
| 200 slug | 2.92 t |
| 300 slug | 4.38 t |
| 500 slug | 7.3 t |
| 1000 slug | 14.59 t |
| 2000 slug | 29.19 t |
| 5000 slug | 72.97 t |
| 10000 slug | 145.94 t |
What is a slug?
The mass that one pound-force accelerates at one foot per second squared — 32.174 pounds. It exists so that F = ma works in US customary units without a conversion constant, and it is why American engineering statics is not simply pounds.
What is a tonne?
One thousand kilograms, also called the metric ton — 2,204.6 pounds.
How many tonnes are in a slug?
One slug is 0.014593903 tonnes. Going the other way, one tonne is 68.521766 slugs. Both figures come from the same defined relation rather than from a measurement, which is why they are the same today as they were in 1959.
Every weight unit here
The whole group — 15 units with their symbols and the size of each one in kilograms — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to a slug.
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Questions people actually ask
- How many tonnes are in a slug?
- 0.014593903. One thousand kilograms, also called the metric ton — 2,204.6 pounds.
- How do I convert tonnes back to slugs?
- Divide by 0.014593903, or multiply by 68.521766 — they are the same operation.
Other weight conversions
Tonnes to slugs — the same conversion the other way.