How many gallons would equal a ton?

Answer 1

Gallons of what? It depends on the mass of the substance.
For example, a gallon of Mercury is a lot heavier than a gallon of water. A gallon of beer is a little heavier than water (about 5%). You cannot directly convert between units of weight and units of volume.

Answer 2

The density of gasoline is 0.71-0.77kg/l (0.71-0.77 g/cm3),[9] (in English units, approx. 0.026 lb/cu in or 6.073 lb/U.S. gal or 7.29 lb/imp gal) which means it floats on water. This may be advantageous in the event of a spill. It is flammable and can burn while floating over water.

Answer 3

There is no such unit of measurement as a liquid ton, so a liquid measurement such as a gallon cannot be converted. A ton is a measurement of weight, and since a gallon each of different liquids would have different weights, the number of gallons in a ton would be dependent upon the liquid.

Answer 4

The question, as stated, cannot be answered sensibly. A gallon is a measure of volume, with dimensions [L3]. A ton is a measure of mass, with dimensions [M]. The two measure different things and elementary dimensional analysis teaches that you cannot convert between measures with different dimensions such as these without additional information. As a simple mental exercise consider a gallon of air and of water. They will have very different masses.

Answer 5

Gallons is a measure of volume, tonne is a measure of weight. So it depends what you are measuring, for example there would be a different number of gallons of water weighing a tonne from gallons of petrol.

Answer 6

1 ton (2,000 pounds) of water is about 239.5 US gallons.

Answer 7

For plain water, a ton would be about 240 gallons.