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minus-squareagoseris@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·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-squareGuntrigger@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-22 years agoI know slugs are just snails without shells, but they don’t need to go faster
minus-squareSpedwell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 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-squareInfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoYou wouldn’t know her, she goes to a different school.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago lbm What a brainfart of a unit is that?
minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoLb is force. Mass is Slug in imperial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(unit)
minus-squareagoseris@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(mass) vs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(force)
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 know slugs are just snails without shells, but they don’t need to go faster
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
You wouldn’t know her, she goes to a different school.
What a brainfart of a unit is that?
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)