Sentence examples for megagram from inspiring English sources

For example, coal density ranges from approximately 1.1 to about 1.5 megagrams per cubic metre, or grams per cubic centimetre (1 megagram per cubic metre equals 1 gram per cubic centimetre).

Coal is slightly denser than water (1.0 megagram per cubic metre) and significantly less dense than most rock and mineral matter (e.g., shale has a density of about 2.7 megagrams per cubic metre and pyrite of 5.0 megagrams per cubic metre).

The CI survey, which is taking place in Arguni Bay in the remote south eastern part of West Papua province, has already identified high levels of carbon in the mangrove plants and soils, with an average of 595 megagrams of carbon per hectare, equivalent to around 300,000 gallons of petrol.

Density differences make it possible to improve the quality of a coal by removing most of the rock matter and sulfide-rich fragments by means of heavy liquid separation (fragments with densities greater than about 1.5 megagrams per cubic metre settle out while the coal floats on top of the liquid).