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== Units of mass ==
 
== Units of mass ==
 
 
* A [[Rectyne monopod]] can weigh as much as '''2 tons'''. ({{TNG|The Icarus Factor}})
 
* A [[Rectyne monopod]] can weigh as much as '''2 tons'''. ({{TNG|The Icarus Factor}})
 
* A single humpback whale has a mass of "'''about 40 tons'''." ({{film|4}})
 
 
* The ''[[Ares IV]]'' had a mass of '''92 metric tons'''. ({{VOY|One Small Step}})
 
 
* [[Balok's cube]] had a mass of "'''about 2,000 metric tons.'''" ({{TOS|The Corbomite Maneuver}})
 
 
* The [[Balok's pilot vessel]] had a "mass, a '''little under 11,000 metric tons'''." ({{TOS|The Corbomite Maneuver}})
 
 
* An {{ShipClass|Intrepid}} starship has a mass of '''700,000 metric tons'''. ({{VOY|Phage|Relativity}})
 
 
* A {{ShipClass|Constitution}} starship has a mass of '''almost 1 million tons'''. ({{TOS|Mudd's Women}})
 
 
* A [[Borg scoutship]] had a mass of '''2.5 million metric tons'''. ({{TNG|I, Borg}})
 
 
* [[Penk's starship]] had a mass of '''5 million metric tons'''. ({{VOY|Tsunkatse}})
 
   
 
* A [[humpback whale]] consumes "'''2 tons''' of [[shrimp]] per day." ({{film|4}})
 
* A [[humpback whale]] consumes "'''2 tons''' of [[shrimp]] per day." ({{film|4}})
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* Prior to its destruction, the ''[[Bok'Nor]]'' delivered '''14 metric tons''' of [[golside ore]] to the [[Regulon system]]. ({{DS9|The Maquis, Part I}})
 
* Prior to its destruction, the ''[[Bok'Nor]]'' delivered '''14 metric tons''' of [[golside ore]] to the [[Regulon system]]. ({{DS9|The Maquis, Part I}})
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* A single humpback whale has a mass of "'''about 40 tons'''." ({{film|4}})
   
 
* [[Fort Knox]] stored over '''50 metric tons''' of [[gold]] prior to the [[22nd century]]. ({{VOY|Dark Frontier}})
 
* [[Fort Knox]] stored over '''50 metric tons''' of [[gold]] prior to the [[22nd century]]. ({{VOY|Dark Frontier}})
   
 
* [[Vosk]] demanded '''86 tons''' of [[aluminum]] plating and '''170 tons''' of [[carbon steel]] from his [[Nazi]] allies. ({{ENT|Storm Front}})
 
* [[Vosk]] demanded '''86 tons''' of [[aluminum]] plating and '''170 tons''' of [[carbon steel]] from his [[Nazi]] allies. ({{ENT|Storm Front}})
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* The ''[[Ares IV]]'' had a mass of '''92 metric tons'''. ({{VOY|One Small Step}})
   
 
* The [[Vidiian]] [[asteroid]] discovered by ''Voyager'' contained "anywhere from '''500 to 1,000 metric tons''' of [[dilithium]]. ({{VOY|Phage}})
 
* The [[Vidiian]] [[asteroid]] discovered by ''Voyager'' contained "anywhere from '''500 to 1,000 metric tons''' of [[dilithium]]. ({{VOY|Phage}})
   
 
* In [[2373]], ''Voyager'' discovered a [[gallicite]] vein with "a yield of '''nearly a kiloton'''; enough to completely [[refit]] the ship's [[warp coil]]s." ({{VOY|Blood Fever}})
 
* In [[2373]], ''Voyager'' discovered a [[gallicite]] vein with "a yield of '''nearly a kiloton'''; enough to completely [[refit]] the ship's [[warp coil]]s." ({{VOY|Blood Fever}})
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* [[Balok's cube]] had a mass of "'''about 2,000 metric tons.'''" ({{TOS|The Corbomite Maneuver}})
   
 
* Two [[Bolian freighter]]s carried '''several thousand tons''' of [[selenium]] and [[rhodium nitrite]] when they disappeared near the [[Badlands]] in [[2373]]. ({{DS9|For the Uniform}})
 
* Two [[Bolian freighter]]s carried '''several thousand tons''' of [[selenium]] and [[rhodium nitrite]] when they disappeared near the [[Badlands]] in [[2373]]. ({{DS9|For the Uniform}})
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* The [[Quarren (species)|Quarren]] facility was capable of producing '''8,000 metric tons''' of [[tylium]] per second at 94% thermal efficiency. ({{VOY|Workforce}})
 
* The [[Quarren (species)|Quarren]] facility was capable of producing '''8,000 metric tons''' of [[tylium]] per second at 94% thermal efficiency. ({{VOY|Workforce}})
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* The [[Balok's pilot vessel]] had a "mass, a '''little under 11,000 metric tons'''." ({{TOS|The Corbomite Maneuver}})
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* [[Terok Nor]] processed about '''20,000 tons''' of [[uridium]] each day. ({{DS9|Civil Defense}})
   
 
* A [[Y class]] freighter can haul at least '''20 kilotons'''. ({{ENT|Fortunate Son}})
 
* A [[Y class]] freighter can haul at least '''20 kilotons'''. ({{ENT|Fortunate Son}})
   
 
* A [[J class]] freighter can haul at least '''30 kilotons'''. ({{ENT|Horizon}})
 
* A [[J class]] freighter can haul at least '''30 kilotons'''. ({{ENT|Horizon}})
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* An {{ShipClass|Intrepid}} starship has a mass of '''700,000 metric tons'''. ({{VOY|Phage|Relativity}})
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* A {{ShipClass|Constitution}} starship has a mass of '''almost 1 million tons'''. ({{TOS|Mudd's Women}})
   
 
* The [[freighter]] ''[[Tezra]]'' "could haul '''1 million metric tons''' at [[warp factor|warp 4.5]]." ({{ENT|Bounty}})
 
* The [[freighter]] ''[[Tezra]]'' "could haul '''1 million metric tons''' at [[warp factor|warp 4.5]]." ({{ENT|Bounty}})
   
* [[Terok Nor]] processed about '''20,000 tons''' of [[uridium]] each day. ({{DS9|Civil Defense}})
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* A [[Borg scoutship]] had a mass of '''2.5 million metric tons'''. ({{TNG|I, Borg}})
   
 
* [[Penk's starship]] had a mass of '''5 million metric tons'''. ({{VOY|Tsunkatse}})
   
 
== Units of energy ==
 
== Units of energy ==

Revision as of 00:17, 13 October 2008

A ton, metric ton or tonne is a unit of mass and occasionally of energy. It is equal to 1 megagram ( = 1000 kilograms).

Several of the references below are explicit uses of the S.I. metric unit. Otherwise it is not impossible that what is used is the US/Imperial unit ( = 2000 pounds).


Units of mass

  • The Quarren facility was capable of producing 8,000 metric tons of tylium per second at 94% thermal efficiency. (VOY: "Workforce")
  • An Template:ShipClass starship has a mass of 700,000 metric tons. (VOY: "Phage", "Relativity")
  • A Template:ShipClass starship has a mass of almost 1 million tons. (TOS: "Mudd's Women")
  • A Borg scoutship had a mass of 2.5 million metric tons. (TNG: "I, Borg")

Units of energy

A ton is also a way of indicating the energy released by an explosion of one metric ton of TNT - 4.184 gigajoules. In the 20th century nuclear weapons were graded by megatonnage - by the millions of megagrams of TNT they equalled.


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