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Gram

Scruple (Apothecary)

About these units

Gram (g)

The gram is one-thousandth of a kilogram and is widely used in everyday life for measuring food, medicines, small components, and scientific samples. Its scale is convenient for objects too light to measure in kilograms yet too heavy for milligrams. Chemists, biologists, and lab technicians rely heavily on grams to quantify reagents, biological specimens, powders, and liquids. The gram appears frequently in nutrition labels, recipes, and manufacturing specifications. As a metric unit, the gram benefits from simplicity and ease of conversion—just move the decimal to reach milligrams or kilograms. Its intuitive scale makes it one of the most universally recognized units in the world.

Scruple (Apothecary) (s.ap)

The scruple is an old apothecary unit equal to 20 grains or 1.2959782 grams, originating in ancient Greek and Roman medicine. Apothecaries used scruples for compounding herbal remedies, powders, and tinctures long before standardized metric systems were adopted. Its size made it ideal for preparing early pharmaceuticals where doses needed to be accurate but not excessively granular. Over centuries, the scruple appeared in medical recipes, early scientific writings, and even medieval charms and remedies. Although obsolete today, replaced by milligrams and grams, the scruple is vital for historians studying early medical texts, pharmacy records, and classical-era scientific practices.

More Gram converters

Gram [g] ↔ Kilogram [kg]

Gram [g] ↔ Pound [lb]

Gram [g] ↔ Ounce [oz]

Gram [g] ↔ Metric Ton [t]

Gram [g] ↔ Milligram [mg]

Gram [g] ↔ Stone [st]

Gram [g] ↔ US Ton (Short) [ton (US)]

Gram [g] ↔ UK Ton (Long) [ton (UK)]

Gram [g] ↔ Carat [car, ct]

Gram [g] ↔ Attogram [ag]

Gram [g] ↔ Femtogram [fg]

Gram [g] ↔ Picogram [pg]

Gram [g] ↔ Nanogram [ng]

Gram [g] ↔ Microgram [µg]

Gram [g] ↔ Centigram [cg]

Gram [g] ↔ Decigram [dg]

Gram [g] ↔ Dekagram [dag]

Gram [g] ↔ Hectogram [hg]

Gram [g] ↔ Megagram [Mg]

Gram [g] ↔ Gigagram [Gg]

Gram [g] ↔ Teragram [Tg]

Gram [g] ↔ Petagram [Pg]

Gram [g] ↔ Exagram [Eg]

Gram [g] ↔ Atomic Mass Unit [u]

Gram [g] ↔ Dalton [Da]

Gram [g] ↔ Planck Mass [mₕ]

Gram [g] ↔ Electron Mass [mₑ]

Gram [g] ↔ Muon Mass [mᵤ]

Gram [g] ↔ Proton Mass [mₕ (p)]

Gram [g] ↔ Neutron Mass [mₙ]

Gram [g] ↔ Deuteron Mass [m𝒹]

Gram [g] ↔ Kilogram-force Second/Meter [kgf·s²/m]

Gram [g] ↔ Kilopound [kip]

Gram [g] ↔ Slug [slug]

Gram [g] ↔ Poundal [pdl]

Gram [g] ↔ Pound-force Square Second/Foot [lbf·s²/ft]

Gram [g] ↔ Pennyweight [pwt]

Gram [g] ↔ Scruple (Apothecary) [s.ap]

Gram [g] ↔ Grain [gr]

Gram [g] ↔ Pound (Troy) [lb t]

Gram [g] ↔ Ton (Assay) (US) [AT (US)]

Gram [g] ↔ Ton (Assay) (UK) [AT (UK)]

Gram [g] ↔ Kiloton (Metric) [kt]

Gram [g] ↔ Quintal (Metric) [cwt (m)]

Gram [g] ↔ Hundredweight (US) [cwt (US)]

Gram [g] ↔ Hundredweight (UK) [cwt (UK)]

Gram [g] ↔ Quarter (US) [qr (US)]

Gram [g] ↔ Quarter (UK) [qr (UK)]

Gram [g] ↔ Stone (US) [st (US)]

Gram [g] ↔ Talent (Biblical Hebrew) [talent (H)]

Gram [g] ↔ Mina (Biblical Hebrew) [mina]

Gram [g] ↔ Shekel (Biblical Hebrew) [shekel]

Gram [g] ↔ Bekan (Biblical Hebrew) [bekan]

Gram [g] ↔ Gerah (Biblical Hebrew) [gerah]

Gram [g] ↔ Talent (Biblical Greek) [talent (G)]

Gram [g] ↔ Mina (Biblical Greek) [mina (G)]

Gram [g] ↔ Tetradrachma (Biblical Greek) [tetradrachma]

Gram [g] ↔ Didrachma (Biblical Greek) [didrachma]

Gram [g] ↔ Drachma (Biblical Greek) [drachma]

Gram [g] ↔ Denarius (Biblical Roman) [denarius]

Gram [g] ↔ Assarion (Biblical Roman) [assarion]

Gram [g] ↔ Quadrans (Biblical Roman) [quadrans]

Gram [g] ↔ Lepton (Biblical Roman) [lepton]

Gram [g] ↔ Earth's Mass [M⊕]

Gram [g] ↔ Sun's Mass [M☉]

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