Convert Short tons per day to Long tons per day
Convert Short tons per day (ton/d) to Long tons per day (long ton/d) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
long ton/d = ton/d × 0.8928571429
About Short tons per day
The short ton per day (ton/d, US) equals 907.18474/86400 ≈ 0.010499 kg/s, the capacity unit for mid-size mining operations, smelters, and US water-treatment chemical dosing. A small gold mine may process 500-1 000 short ton/d of ore; activated-sludge wastewater plants dose chemicals in short ton/d. 1 short ton/d ≈ 0.010499 kg/s ≈ 2 000 lb/d.
About Long tons per day
The long ton per day (long ton/d) equals 1 016.0469088/86400 ≈ 0.011760 kg/s, used in legacy British mining reports for daily colliery output and in Naval fuel-consumption logs. Historic British Admiralty fuel expenditure tables for Royal Navy warships used long ton/d for bunker coal or oil consumption at various speeds. 1 long ton/d ≈ 0.011760 kg/s ≈ 1.016 t/d.
Quick Reference Table
| Short tons per day (ton/d) | Long tons per day (long ton/d) |
|---|---|
| 1 ton/d | 0.892857 long ton/d |
| 2 ton/d | 1.78571 long ton/d |
| 5 ton/d | 4.46429 long ton/d |
| 10 ton/d | 8.92857 long ton/d |
| 25 ton/d | 22.3214 long ton/d |
| 50 ton/d | 44.6429 long ton/d |
| 100 ton/d | 89.2857 long ton/d |