Convert Catties to Kilotonnes
Convert Catties (catty) to Kilotonnes (kt) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
kt = catty × 6.040000000e-7
About Catties
The catty (also jin 斤 in Chinese) is a traditional unit of mass used across East and Southeast Asia, equal to 600 grams in its modern metric form. It was historically the standard unit of trade for goods at markets throughout China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia for over a thousand years. Today the catty remains widely used in Chinese, Vietnamese, Malaysian, and Singaporean wet markets and grocery stores for weighing vegetables, meat, and fish. In Hong Kong, the catty (斤) is precisely 604.79 grams; in mainland China it is exactly 500 grams (half a kilogram).
About Kilotonnes
A kilotonne (kt) equals 1,000 metric tonnes (10⁶ kg). In military and geopolitical contexts, nuclear weapon yields are expressed in kilotons of TNT equivalent (kt TNT): the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima had a yield of approximately 15 kt TNT. Environmental science uses kilotonnes for reporting regional greenhouse gas inventories, industrial pollutant releases, and annual waste generation. Mining operations quote ore extraction rates in kilotonnes per day. The global atmospheric inventory of various trace gases is reported in kilotonnes.
Quick Reference Table
| Catties (catty) | Kilotonnes (kt) |
|---|---|
| 1 catty | 6.04 × 10-7 kt |
| 2 catty | 1.208 × 10-6 kt |
| 5 catty | 3.02 × 10-6 kt |
| 10 catty | 6.04 × 10-6 kt |
| 25 catty | 1.51 × 10-5 kt |
| 50 catty | 3.02 × 10-5 kt |
| 100 catty | 6.04 × 10-5 kt |