Slug (unit)
Slug was a unit of mass in the English technical system of units and was divided into slug and slug metric .
- 1 slug = 32.174 pounds = 14.594 kg
This is the mass that will be accelerated 1 ft / s 2 when a 1 pound-force is applied to it. The numerical value 32.174 is the value of the standard acceleration due to fall when it is expressed in ft / s 2 . - 1 Slug metric = 9.80665 kg = 1 Kilohyl (corresponds to a technical unit of mass)
This corresponds to the mass that is accelerated by 1 m / s 2 when a force of 1 kilopond is exerted on it.
literature
- Erna Padelt, Hansgeorg Laporte: Units and magnitudes of the natural sciences. Fachbuchverlag Leipzig, Leipzig 1967, p. 261.