Sentence examples for about a kilogram from inspiring English sources

The motor of Toyota's Prius, for example, uses about a kilogram of rare earths.

Each tile weighs about a kilogram and can withstand temperatures up to 2,000 degrees Celsius.

It weighs as much as many organs (about a kilogram, or a bit more than two pounds).

They say there are 6.02214084(18) × 10^23 atoms in a single crystal of silicon weighing about a kilogram.

In addition, Derocher and Stirling have shown that polar bears lose about a kilogram per day when they are stuck on land.

But with production of the capsules limited to about a kilogram a day, the research team understand that this is a long term project.

Brokers come from the valley in early March to purchase the raw opium gum, which sells for about 1,500 yuan per vis -- the equivalent of about $135 a kilogram.

A year ago it sold for about $42 a kilogram ($19 a pound).

At one Alexandria market in the western neighborhood of Agamy, the price of onions on Sunday had risen to about 60 cents for a kilogram, or about 2 pounds' worth, from 25 cents.

The cafe's shop, across the street at 96 Le Van Huu, sells beautifully wrapped packages of Vietnamese coffee for about $4.30 to $13.30 a kilogram (about 2.2 pounds).

Olga Urbani, a company spokeswoman, said the price Urbani charged its customers, which included restaurants and hotels, had risen from about 150 euros a kilogram for black truffles 12 years ago to about 1,500 euros a kilogram now, as the harvest declined by about two-thirds.