A cubic yard is a measure of volume (length in feet X width in feet X depth in feet/27=cubic yards) and tons is a measure of weight. The weight of a material depends on its density, therefore, to determine the number of yards in a ton of material, the density of the material must be known.
Sand has an average weight of 2,700 pounds per cubic yard (Refer to Table 1 in this chart of material weights http://www.age.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/h/H20.pdf). One ton is 2,000 pounds, therefore, there are 1.35 Tons in one cubic yard of sand.
Inversely, if 1.35 tons of sand is equivalent to one cubic yard of sand, then using a ratio (tons|cubic yards), there are 0.74 cubic yards in one ton of sand.
For those of you that prefer to see this answer as a mathematical calculation:
length in feet X width in feet X depth in feet/27=cubic yards
Sand = 2,700 lbs/cubic yards (*This value is specific to Sand)
*2,700 lbs|1 Cu Yd * 1 Ton|2,000 lbs = 1.35 Ton|Cu Yd
OR 1|1.35 = 0.74074 Cu Yd in 1 Ton of Sand
Of course nature is not precise with sand and it's weight may varying to some degree based on the grain size, the moisture content, etc.
Something on the order of .6 yards per US ton
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Aproximately 17.78 Sq Yds of asphalt @ 1" thick per ton. Aproximately 17.78 Sq Yds of asphalt @ 1" thick per ton.
No where near 1 ton.
There are two 'types' of ton. An Imperial ton and a US ton An Imperial ton has 2,240 pounds A US ton has 2,000 pounds So, depending on where you are, 17 pounds is either 0.0075892857 Imperial tons, or 0.0085 US tons
It depends how densely it is distributed.
A university extension website would tend to be an authoritative, respected source of information. The Sanpete Cooperative Extension in Ephraim, Utah, links 60,000 cubic yards of turkey litter with 24,700 tons. That would be about 2.43 [2.429121] yards.
All depends on the product. 1 cubic yard of screened top soil equals 1 ton. Of screened gravel, 1 yard equals 2 tons. 3 to 6 inch rock, one yard is 1.5 tons. Crushed Limestone 1 yard equals 2 tons
how many yards are in a ton of wood chips 2000 pounds equals a ton 500 lbs equals one yard 4 yards equals one ton 9000 lbs equals 4.5 tons not 2.5 tons (typo error)
There may be very little or even none . Topsoil and "dirt" are different substances
There are approximately 2,500 milligrams of sodium in 1 gram of salt. Therefore, in 1 ton (1,000,000 grams) of salt, there would be approximately 2.5 billion milligrams of sodium. Given that the atomic number of sodium is 23, there would be approximately 1.09 x 10^20 sodium ions in 1 ton of salt.