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Petagram [Pg]

The petagram is a unit of mass in the metric system, used to measure very large quantities.

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  1 petagram = 10¹⁵ grams

  
  
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  1 petagram = 1,000,000,000,000 kilograms (1 trillion kilograms)

  
  
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  Symbol: Pg

  
  

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  Commonly used in environmental science, such as measuring global carbon emissions or biomass

  
  
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  Much larger than everyday units like kilograms or metric tons

  
  
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  Part of the SI system using the prefix "peta-" meaning $10^{15}$

  
  

The petagram is useful for quantifying massive amounts of material, especially in global-scale scientific studies.

Hundredweight (UK)

The hundredweight (UK), also called the long hundredweight or imperial hundredweight, is a British unit of mass equal to 112 pounds (approximately 50.8 kilograms).

It is part of the imperial system and is traditionally used in the UK and some Commonwealth countries for measuring goods, especially in agriculture and shipping.

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  1 UK hundredweight = 112 pounds (about 50.8 kg)

  
  
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  Used in the UK for trade and bulk measurements

  
  
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  Different from the US hundredweight, which is 100 pounds