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| Decade of Mass | Mass using SI prefixes | Mass of Item | Item |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-35 kg | 7 eV/c² = 1.2 × 10-35 kg | upper limit of the rest mass of an electron neutrino | |
| 10-34 kg | |||
| 10-33 kg | |||
| 10-32 kg | |||
| 10-31 kg | 510.99906(15) 1 keV/c² = 9.1093897(54) × 10-31 kg | rest mass of an electron | |
| 10-30 kg | |||
| 10-29 kg | |||
| 10-28 kg | 105.658389(34) MeV/c² = 1.8835327(11) × 10-28 kg | rest mass of a muon | |
| 10-27 kg | 1 yoctogram (yg) | ≈ 1.6605402 yg | 1 atomic mass unit (amu) or Dalton (Da) ≈ mass of a hydrogen atom |
| 938 MeV/c² = 1.6726231 × 10-27 kg | mass of a proton - a neutron is the same mass to 3 places (mass of neutron > mass of proton) | ||
| 10-26 kg | 10 yg | ≈ 30 yg | mass of a water molecule |
| 6.941 amu | atomic mass of lithium | ||
| 47.867 amu | atomic mass of titanium | ||
| 10-25 kg | 100 yg | 107.8682 amu | atomic mass of silverThis page is about Silver the element. For the color, see Silver Silver is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Ag ( L. Argentum and atomic number 47. A soft white lustrous transition metal, silver has the highest electrical and th |
| [259] amu | [259] u]] Electron c | ||
| 10-24 kg | 1 zeptogram (zg) | 1.6605402 zg | = 1 kilodalton (kDa) |
| 10-23 kg | 10 zg | ||
| 10-22 kg | 100 zg | ||
| 10-21 kg | 1 attogramAn attogram is a unit of mass. 1ag 10-21 grams. (ag) | ||
| 10-20 kg | 10 ag | 10 ag | mass of a small virus |
| 10-19 kg | 100 ag | ||
| 10-18 kg | 1 femtogramThe femtogram is an SI unit of mass (symbol fg defined as: 1 fg 1 × 10-18 kilogram ( 1 × 10-15 gram) A femtogram is one quadrillionth (1/1000000000000000) of a gram. It is derived from the Danish or Norwegian word femten or fifteenth, referring to 10-15 g (fg) | ||
| 10-17 kg | 10 fg | 1.1 × 10-17 kg | mass equivalenceSpecial relativity (SR or the special theory of relativity is the physical theory published in 1905 by Albert Einstein. It replaced Newtonian notions of space and time, and incorporated electromagnetism as represented by Maxwell's equations. The theory is of one jouleThe joule (symbol J also called newton metre or coulomb volt is the SI unit of energy and work. The unit is pronounced to rhyme with "tool", and is named in honour of the physicist James Prescott Joule (1818-1889). 1 joule 1 N · 1 m 1 newton · 1 metre 1 k |
| 4.6 × 10-17 kg | increase in mass by heating 1 g of water by 1 °C | ||
| 10-16 kg | 100 fg | 6.65×10-16 kg (665 fg) | E. coli bacterium |
| 10-15 kg | 1 picogram (pg) | ||
| 10-14 kg | 10 pg | ||
| 10-13 kg | 100 pg | ||
| 10-12 kg | 1 nanogram (ng) | 1 ng | mass of a human cell |
| 10-11 kg | 10 ng | 80 ng | Lethal dose of Botulinum toxin, the deadliest substance known, is about 1 ng/kg, so an 80 ng dose would kill almost anybody. |
| 10-10 kg | 100 ng | ||
| 10-9 kg | 1 microgram (μg) | 2 μg | Uncertainty in the mass of the prototype kilogram |
| 10-8 kg | 10 μg | 2.2 × 10-8 kg | the Planck mass |
| 4.6 × 10-8 kg | increase in mass by heating 1 ton of water by 100 °C | ||
| 10-7 kg | 100 μg | 100μg | average dose of a "hit" of LSD |
| 200 μg | average lethal dose of ricin | ||
| 10-6 kg | 1 milligram (mg) | ≈ 0.3–13 mg | mass of a grain of sand |
| 1–2 mg | typical mass of a mosquito | ||
| 10-5 kg | 10 mg | 10–30 mg | Dose of DXM per labeling on most products |
| Caffeine in most non-coffee drinks is in the bottom half of this range. | |||
| 10-4 kg | 100 mg | Caffeine in a cup of coffee is in this range. | |
| 0.2 g | 1 metric carat | ||
| 100–200 mg | Maximum legal caffeine pill in United States | ||
| 0.3 g | average hallucinogenic dose for mescaline | ||
| 10-3 kg | 1 gram (g) | 1 g | 1 millilitre of water at 4 °C |
| ~2.3 g, ~7 g | United States dime: ~2.3 g, quarter: ~7 g, other common coins intermediate | ||
| 10-2 kg | 10 g | 10 g | approximate lethal dose of caffeine for an adult |
| 17 g | approximate mass of a mouse | ||
| 24 g | amount of ethanol in one drink | ||
| 28.35 g | 1 ounce ( avoirdupois) &asymp | ||
| 10-1 kg | 100 g | 150 g | average mass of an adult human kidney |
| ≈ 454 g | 1 pound ( avoirdupois) | ||
| 1 kg | 1 kg | 1 kg | 1 litre of water at 4 °C |
| 2–6 kg, 3 typical | a newborn baby | ||
| 4.0 kg | women's shotput | ||
| 5–7 kg | a typical housecat | ||
| 5–9 kg | a pizote | ||
| 7.3 kg | men's shotput | ||
| 101 kg | 10 kg | 10–30 kg | a CRT computer monitor |
| 15–20 kg | a medium-sized dog | ||
| 70 kg | an adult human | ||
| 102 kg | 100 kg | 100 kg | quintal (mainly U.S. - other countries have different definitions) |
| 250 kg | approximate mass of a lion | ||
| 700 kg | approximate mass of a dairy cow | ||
| 910 kg | 1 short ton (U.S.) | ||
| 103 kg | 1 tonne (t) (1 megagram (Mg)) | 1000 kg | 1 cubic metre of liquid water at 4 °C |
| 1,016.047 kg | 1 ton (British) / 1 long ton (U.S.) | ||
| 0.8–1.6 t | typical passenger automobiles | ||
| 3–7 t | adult elephant | ||
| 104 kg | 10 t | 11 t | Hubble Space Telescope |
| 12 t | largest elephant on record | ||
| 14 t | bell of Big Ben | ||
| the large dinosaurs go here somewhere | |||
| 105 kg | 100 t | 100 t on average | mass of largest animal, the blue whale |
| 187 t | International Space Station | ||
| 600 t | Antonov An-225 (the world's heaviest aircraft) maximum take-off mass | ||
| 106 kg | 1000 t (1 gigagram (Gg)) | 1.5 × 106 kg | mass of each gate of the Thames Barrier |
| 2.041 × 106 kg | launch mass of the Space Shuttle | ||
| 107 kg | 1.1 × 107 kg | estimated annual production of Darjeeling tea | |
| 2.6 × 107 kg = 26 000 t = 26 kt | Titanic | ||
| 9.97 × 107 kg | heaviest train: Australia's BHP Iron Ore, 2001 record | ||
| 108 kg | 6.5 × 108 kg | mass of largest ship, Knock Nevis, when fully loaded | |
| 109 kg | 1 teragram (Tg) = 1 Mt | about 6 × 109 kg = 6 Mt | mass of Great Pyramid of Giza |
| 1010 kg | 6 × 1010 kg = 60 Mt | mass of concrete in the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest concrete structure | |
| 1011 kg | at least 2 × 1011 kg = 200 Mt | Total mass of the world's humans | |
| 2 × 1011 kg = 300 Mt | Mass of water stored in London storage reservoirs | ||
| 1–8 × 1011 kg | Estimated total mass of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, thought to be the most plentiful creature on the planet | ||
| 1012 kg | 1 petagram (Pg) = 1 Gt | 3.91 × 1012 kg = 3.91 Gt | World oil production in 2001 |
| 1013 kg | |||
| 1014 kg | 2–3 × 1014 kg | Estimated mass of rock exploded in eruption of Mount Tambora volcano in 1815 | |
| 1015 kg | 1 exagram (Eg) = 1 Tt | ||
| 1016 kg | |||
| 1017 kg | 1.23 × 1017 kg = 123 Tt | Mass of a typical asteroid | |
| 1018 kg | 1 zettagram (Zg) = 1 Pt | 5 × 1018 kg = 5 Pt | Mass of Earth's atmosphere |
| 1019 kg | |||
| 1020 kg | 8.7 × 1020 kg = 870 Pt | Mass of 1 Ceres | |
| 1021 kg | 1 yottagram (Yg) = 1 Et | 1.35×1021 kg | Total mass of Earth's oceans |
| 1.6×1021 kg = 1.6 Et | Mass of Charon | ||
| 2.3×1021 kg | Total mass of the Asteroid Belt | ||
| 1022 kg | 1.2 × 1022 kg | Mass of Pluto | |
| 7.349 × 1022 kg = 73.49 Et | Mass of Moon | ||
| 1023 kg | 1.2×1023 kg | Mass of Titan | |
| 1.5×1023 kg | Mass of Triton | ||
| 1.5×1023 kg | Mass of Ganymede | ||
| 3.2×1023 kg | Mass of Mercury | ||
| 6.4×1023 kg | Mass of Mars | ||
| 1024 kg | 1 Zt | 4.9 × 1024 kg | Mass of Venus |
| 6.0×1024 kg = 6.0 Zt | Mass of Earth | ||
| 1025 kg | 8.7 × 1025 kg | Mass of Uranus | |
| 1026 kg | 1.0 × 1026 kg | Mass of Neptune | |
| 5.7 × 1026 kg | Mass of Saturn | ||
| 1027 kg | 1 Yt | 1.9 × 1027 kg | Mass of Jupiter |
| 1028 kg | |||
| 1029 kg | |||
| 1030 kg | 2 × 1030 kg | Mass of the Sun = 2000 Yt | |
| approx. 3 × 1030 kg | Chandrasekhar limit | ||
| 1031 kg | 4 × 1031 kg | Mass of Betelgeuse | |
| 1032 kg | |||
| 1033 kg | |||
| 1034 kg | |||
| 1035 kg | |||
| 1036 kg | |||
| 1037 kg | |||
| 1038 kg | Typical mass of a globular cluster | ||
| 1039 kg | |||
| 1040 kg | |||
| 1041 kg | 3.6 × 1041 kg | Visible mass of the Milky Way galaxy | |
| 1042 kg | 2 × 1042 kg | Total mass of the Milky Way galaxy | |
| 1052 kg | 2×1052 kg | Mass of a critical density Universe | |
| 3 × 1052 kg | Mass of the observable universe |