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My understanding was that "ton" is the US / imperial and "tonne" is the metric one, but I see people using them interchangeably here, so I guess whether that's
by frereubu 1y ago
My understanding was that "ton" is the US / imperial and "tonne" is the metric one, but I see people using them interchangeably here, so I guess whether that's technically true or not is a bit moot!
- schiffern 1y agoThe spelling "tonne" is only used in countries where there might be ambiguity with the short ton. For the rest of the world, "ton" (abbreviation: t) is the metric ton. Technically it's classified as a "Non-SI unit that is accepted for use with SI," like litres or degrees Celsius. Source is the official SI brochure: https://www.bipm.org/en/publications/si-brochure/ https://www.bipm.org/en/publications/si-brochure/
- frereubu 1y agoThanks - TIL.