Gallons converted to Tons???

Question

I need to convert 26,632 gallons of oil to tons.... Please help!

Answer 1

Good luck. Oil from different places will weight different amounts per gallon. Some oil comes out of the ground very runny and weighs less. Some oil comes out at close to tar.

But a google search found this line:

One gallon of oil weighs 3.26 kilograms

You should be able to run from there.

3.26 kilograms / gallon times 2.2 pounds per killogram yields 7.17 pounds per gallon.

7.17 pounds / gallon times 26,632 gallons is 190951.44 pounds.

Dividing by 2000 pounds / ton = 95 tons.

Answer 2

There is no direct conversion (gallons is a volume, tons is a weight). As was already mentioned, you need to know how much one gallon of oil weighs.

Answer 3

diesel fuel oil is 82 percent to 95 percent the weight of water.

water is 8.34 lbs per gallon

26,632 x 8.34 = 222110.88 lbs

222110.88 / 2000 = 111 tons

.82 x 111 = 91 tons
.95 x 111 = 105 tons

roughly 91 to 105 tons, depending on the exact weight of the oil

Answer 4

Dimension: the physical measurable thing being measured, that is not itself composed of a set of other physical measurable things.

Example: Tons is a unit of weight, which is force, or mass times acceleration. Its dimension is [mass]*[length]/[time]*[time]. A unit is a system of dimension that allows measurment of the quantities of interest. The dimension of mass can be described using the SI unit system as some number of grams, or kilograms. It can be described in the english unit system as some number of slugs, or pounds-mass.

The dimension for tons is [mass]*[length]/[time]*[time]
The dimension for gallons is [length]*[length]*[length]

You need a factor that when multiplied by volume yields force. Density multiplied by the acceleration of gravity would work, but both of those are not constant.

Density of oil changes with temperature and composition, and sometimes throughout the mixture if its not homogenous isotropic. Acceleration of gravity changes with altitude.

You can get an approximate answer by assuming that the acceleration is constant and earths-surface magnitude AND that the oil is homogenous-isotropic.

Many oils float on top of water, they are slightly less dense that it. A not entirely unreasonable approximation would be to ask the weight of 26,632 gallons of pure water at stp, sea level.

The density is 1 gram per cubic centimeter, and the acceleration of gravity is 9.81 N/kg.

(26,632 gal)*( ?? cc/gal) * (1 g / cc) *(1kg/1000g) * (9.81 N/kg) * ( ?? tons / N) = your answer.

I bet you can find conversion factors for cc's per gallon and tons weight per Newton on your own.

Answer 5

1 gallon of oil weighs 8.34 lbs.
26, 632 gallons of oil weighs 222,110.88 lbs.
1 Ton = 2000 lbs.
So, 222,110.88 gallons of oil converts to 111.055 tons.

Something like that ...

Answer 6

To do that, you have to know how much a gallon of oil weighs.

Answer 7

1 Gallons (US) = 3.78541 Liters = 0.00378541 m³
so 26.632 gal = 26632 * 0.00378541 = 100.813 m³

M = ρV
when M is mass....ρ is density of oil.......V is Volume
M(in tones)=100.813 * ρ / 1000
for any ρ

but density of oil (petroleum)
ρ = 820 kg/m³

so M = 100.813 * 820 / 1000 =82.67 tons

then we can say 26.632 of oil ≈ 82.67 tons
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density of
Oil - Mineral = 920 kg/m³
Oil - Olive = 920 kg/m³
Oil - Petroleum = 820 kg/m³
1 ton = 1000 Kg

Answer 8

What is the exact weight of the oil that you are using?

Can't do the math w/o the parameters

Answer 9

26,632 times 8.3 =lbs divide by 2000 = tons

Answer 10

well first of all, 2,000 pounds = 1 ton to multiply and you'll havde your answer.. \
p.s.

it'll probably a "## POINT ##" if i'm not mistaken