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Slug (slug)

The slug is a unit of mass in the English engineering system, defined such that a slug accelerated at 1 ft/s² experiences a force of 1 pound-force. Numerically, a slug is about 14.5939 kilograms. The slug resolves confusion between mass and force in imperial units by clearly separating pounds-force (lbf) from pounds-mass (lb). In dynamics problems involving Newton's laws, slugs provide a consistent mass measurement within the imperial framework. Although uncommon outside engineering physics education, the slug plays an important conceptual role in bridging imperial and SI thinking.

Kilopound (kip)

A kilopound, or kip, equals 1,000 pounds and is used primarily in structural engineering, especially in the United States. Loads, tensions, and compression forces in steel beams, concrete structures, and bridges are often expressed in kips. The kip allows engineers to avoid large numbers when expressing forces such as building loads or material stresses. In structural analysis software and construction documents, kips are ubiquitous. Despite not being a mass unit strictly speaking (it is often used as a force unit, kip-force), it remains central to American engineering practice.

More Slug converters

Slug [slug] ↔ Kilogram [kg]

Slug [slug] ↔ Gram [g]

Slug [slug] ↔ Pound [lb]

Slug [slug] ↔ Ounce [oz]

Slug [slug] ↔ Metric Ton [t]

Slug [slug] ↔ Milligram [mg]

Slug [slug] ↔ Stone [st]

Slug [slug] ↔ US Ton (Short) [ton (US)]

Slug [slug] ↔ UK Ton (Long) [ton (UK)]

Slug [slug] ↔ Carat [car, ct]

Slug [slug] ↔ Attogram [ag]

Slug [slug] ↔ Femtogram [fg]

Slug [slug] ↔ Picogram [pg]

Slug [slug] ↔ Nanogram [ng]

Slug [slug] ↔ Microgram [µg]

Slug [slug] ↔ Centigram [cg]

Slug [slug] ↔ Decigram [dg]

Slug [slug] ↔ Dekagram [dag]

Slug [slug] ↔ Hectogram [hg]

Slug [slug] ↔ Megagram [Mg]

Slug [slug] ↔ Gigagram [Gg]

Slug [slug] ↔ Teragram [Tg]

Slug [slug] ↔ Petagram [Pg]

Slug [slug] ↔ Exagram [Eg]

Slug [slug] ↔ Atomic Mass Unit [u]

Slug [slug] ↔ Dalton [Da]

Slug [slug] ↔ Planck Mass [mₕ]

Slug [slug] ↔ Electron Mass [mₑ]

Slug [slug] ↔ Muon Mass [mᵤ]

Slug [slug] ↔ Proton Mass [mₕ (p)]

Slug [slug] ↔ Neutron Mass [mₙ]

Slug [slug] ↔ Deuteron Mass [m𝒹]

Slug [slug] ↔ Kilogram-force Second/Meter [kgf·s²/m]

Slug [slug] ↔ Kilopound [kip]

Slug [slug] ↔ Poundal [pdl]

Slug [slug] ↔ Pound-force Square Second/Foot [lbf·s²/ft]

Slug [slug] ↔ Pennyweight [pwt]

Slug [slug] ↔ Scruple (Apothecary) [s.ap]

Slug [slug] ↔ Grain [gr]

Slug [slug] ↔ Pound (Troy) [lb t]

Slug [slug] ↔ Ton (Assay) (US) [AT (US)]

Slug [slug] ↔ Ton (Assay) (UK) [AT (UK)]

Slug [slug] ↔ Kiloton (Metric) [kt]

Slug [slug] ↔ Quintal (Metric) [cwt (m)]

Slug [slug] ↔ Hundredweight (US) [cwt (US)]

Slug [slug] ↔ Hundredweight (UK) [cwt (UK)]

Slug [slug] ↔ Quarter (US) [qr (US)]

Slug [slug] ↔ Quarter (UK) [qr (UK)]

Slug [slug] ↔ Stone (US) [st (US)]

Slug [slug] ↔ Talent (Biblical Hebrew) [talent (H)]

Slug [slug] ↔ Mina (Biblical Hebrew) [mina]

Slug [slug] ↔ Shekel (Biblical Hebrew) [shekel]

Slug [slug] ↔ Bekan (Biblical Hebrew) [bekan]

Slug [slug] ↔ Gerah (Biblical Hebrew) [gerah]

Slug [slug] ↔ Talent (Biblical Greek) [talent (G)]

Slug [slug] ↔ Mina (Biblical Greek) [mina (G)]

Slug [slug] ↔ Tetradrachma (Biblical Greek) [tetradrachma]

Slug [slug] ↔ Didrachma (Biblical Greek) [didrachma]

Slug [slug] ↔ Drachma (Biblical Greek) [drachma]

Slug [slug] ↔ Denarius (Biblical Roman) [denarius]

Slug [slug] ↔ Assarion (Biblical Roman) [assarion]

Slug [slug] ↔ Quadrans (Biblical Roman) [quadrans]

Slug [slug] ↔ Lepton (Biblical Roman) [lepton]

Slug [slug] ↔ Earth's Mass [M⊕]

Slug [slug] ↔ Sun's Mass [M☉]

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