Re: Converting tons to US gallons

Re: Converting tons to US gallons   (11/27/2009, 4:06 PM)

The "ton" is a unit of weight, while "US gallons" are a measure of volume.

So you need the specific gravity or density of jet fuel A-1. You can lookup your exact data, or use this page as a general reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_fuel

Density at 15 °C (59 °F): 0.8075 kg/L

Use this page to convert from kg to metric ton:

https://www.convertunits.com/from/kg/to/ton+[metric]

1 kg = 0.001 metric tons

So you can convert the density of jet fuel to:

0.8075 kg/L * 0.001 metric tons/kg = 0.0008075 metric tons/L

Now convert liters to US gallons using this page:

https://www.convertunits.com/from/L/to/US+gallons

3.785411799993673 L = 1 US gallons

So again, convert the density of jet fuel:

0.0008075 metric tons/L * 3.785411799993673 L/US gallons = 0.00305672 metric tons/US gallons

If you reverse the ratio, you get:

327.15 US gallons per metric tons of jet fuel

So that would be the conversion factor from metric tons of jet fuel A-1 to US gallons, assuming a density of 0.8075 kg/L.

If you have X metric tons in weight of jet fuel A-1, then you just have to multiply by 327.15 to find the total volume in US gallons.