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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•edit-22 years agoIt’s confusing, since “pound” is used for both force and mass. 1 lbm is roughly 0.45 kg 1 lbf is the force required to accelerate a 1 slug (32.2 lbm) mass 1 ft/s^2.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•2 years agoI don’t know what the imperial system standards committee was up to, but I’ve never met a slug that was 32.2 lbm
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•2 years agoYou wouldn’t know her, she goes to a different school.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-22 years agoLb is force. Mass is Slug in imperial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(unit)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 years agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(mass) vs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(force)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•edit-22 years agoI know slugs are just snails without shells, but they don’t need to go faster
It’s confusing, since “pound” is used for both force and mass.
1 lbm is roughly 0.45 kg
1 lbf is the force required to accelerate a 1 slug (32.2 lbm) mass 1 ft/s^2.
I don’t know what the imperial system standards committee was up to, but I’ve never met a slug that was 32.2 lbm
What a brainfart of a unit is that?
You wouldn’t know her, she goes to a different school.
Lb is force. Mass is Slug in imperial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(unit)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(mass) vs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(force)
I know slugs are just snails without shells, but they don’t need to go faster