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Meaning of gigatonelada




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

gigatonelada
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It is a unit of measurement that does not belong to the International System of Measures. It is used to measure mass or also energy. As a measure of mass it is equivalent to 10 raised to the ninth power in tons or 1 . 000 . 000 . 000 (billion tons) . The equivalence is 10 to 15 grams (one thousand trillion grams). Energy released by the explosion of one Giga Ton of TNT. As a measure of energy equivalent to 4, 184×10 raised to the 18 power in Joules. 4 , 184 Trillion Joules .

  




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Although used as a measure of weight, it is actually a measure of energy released in an explosion. Its symbol is Gt and is formed by the prefix giga- ("billion times") ton ("thousand kilograms"). See Gigaton ( 10 8313; tons of TNT ) , t .

  


John Rene Plaut

GIGATONELADA billion tons i.e. 1 million kilos or 10*12 kg . 1 ton a thousand kg. 1 kiloton x 1 million kg. or 10*6 kg. 1 megaton x 10*9 kg .

  



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