Slug (unit)
slug | |
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Unit system | British Gravitational system |
Unit of | Mass |
Symbol | slug |
Conversions | |
1 slug in ... | ... is equal to ... |
BGS base units | 1 ft−1⋅lbf⋅s2 |
SI units | 14.59390 kg |
US customary units | 32.17404 lb |
The slug is a derived unit of
One slug is a mass equal to 32.17405 lb (14.59390 kg) based on standard gravity, the international foot, and the avoirdupois pound.[3] In other words, at the Earth's surface (in standard gravity), an object with a mass of 1 slug weighs approximately 32.17405 lbf or 143.1173 N.[4][5]
History
The slug is part of a subset of units known as the
The name "slug" was coined before 1900 by British physicist Arthur Mason Worthington,[7] but it did not see any significant use until decades later.[8] It is derived from the meaning "solid block of metal" (cf. "slug" fake coin or "slug" projectile), not from the slug mollusc.[9] A 1928 textbook says:
No name has yet been given to the unit of mass and, in fact, as we have developed the theory of dynamics no name is necessary. Whenever the mass, m, appears in our formulae, we substitute the ratio of the convenient force-acceleration pair (w/g), and measure the mass in lbs. per ft./sec.2 or in grams per cm./sec.2.
— Noel Charlton Little, College Physics, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928, p. 165.
Base | Force | Weight | Mass | |||||
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2nd law of motion | m = F/a | F = W ⋅ a/g | F = m ⋅ a | |||||
System | BG |
GM | EE | M | AE |
CGS | MTS | SI |
Acceleration (a) | ft/s2 | m/s2 | ft/s2 | m/s2 | ft/s2 | Gal | m/s2 | m/s2 |
Mass (m) | slug | hyl
|
pound-mass | kilogram | pound | gram | tonne | kilogram |
Force (F), weight (W) |
pound | kilopond
|
pound-force | kilopond | poundal | dyne | sthène | newton |
Pressure (p) | pound per square inch | technical atmosphere
|
pound-force per square inch | standard atmosphere | poundal per square foot | barye | pieze |
pascal |
The slug is listed in the Regulations under the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Act, 1960. This regulation defines the units of weights and measures, both regular and metric, in Australia.
Related units
The
Similar (but long-obsolete) metric units included the glug (980.665 g) in a gravitational system related to the
See also
References
- ^ See Elementary High School physics and chemistry text books/fundamentals.
- ^ Collins, Danielle (May 2019). "How to convert between mass and force — in metric and English units". Linear Motion Tips. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ ISBN 0-07-365939-8.
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- ^ Shevell, R.S. Fundamentals of Flight, Second ed, p. xix. Prentice-Hall, 1989.
- ^ gee Archived 2018-01-27 at the Wayback Machine. unit2unit.eu
- ^ Worthington, Arthur Mason (1900). Dynamics of Rotation: An Elementary Introduction to Rigid Dynamics (3rd ed.). Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 9.
- ISBN 9783319575988– via Google Books.
- ^ Society, Digital Equipment Computer Users (September 4, 1965). "Papers and Presentations" – via Google Books.
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- ^ Slug Archived 2016-11-30 at the Wayback Machine. DiracDelta Science & Engineering Encyclopedia
- ^ "1 blob". Wolfram Alpha Computational Knowledge Engine. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ^ Celmer, Robert. Notes to Accompany Vibrations II. Version 2.2. 2009.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement". unc.edu, September 1, 2004. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
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