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Mass
The SI unit of Mass The SI unit of mass is the kilogram and is equal to the mass of the International Prototype kilogram kept at Sevres, Paris and is a cylinder of platinum and iridium.
Conversions | 1 gram (g) | = | 1x10-3 kg | | 1 pound (lb) | = | 0.453592 kg | | 1 Tonne (t) | = | 1x103 kg | | 1 ton | = | 1016.047 kg | | 1 ounce (oz) | = | 28.34952 g | | 15.4324 grain (gr) | = | 1 g | | 1 troy ounce | = | 31.1035 g | | 1 troy ounce | = | 480 grain | | 1 slug | = | 14.5939 kg | | 1 metric carat | = | 0.2 g |
Examples | Electron rest mass | 9.109565x10-31 kg | | Proton rest mass | 1.672614x10-27 kg | | Neutron rest mass | 1.674920x10-27 kg | | VW Beetle | 810 kg | | Boeing 747-400 (maximum takeoff) | 3.94x105 kg | | Titanic (displacement) | 5.38x107 kg | | Mass of the moon | 7.349x1022 kg | | Mass of the Earth | 5.977x1024 kg | | Mass of the sun | 1.99x1030 kg |
See also: Centre of Mass, Density, gram, Gravitational Mass, Inertial Mass, Matter, Pound, Rest Mass, SI Units, Virtual Mass, Weight.
  
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