Slug | slug unit
ThispageusescontentfromtheEnglishWikipedia[1].TheoriginalarticlewasatSlug(mass)[2].Thelistofauthorscanbeseeninthepagehistory[3].AswiththeUnitsofMeasurementWiki,thetextofWikipediaisavailableunderCreativeCommonsLicenseseeWikia:Licensing[4].Theslugisaunitofmass[5]associatedwithBritishImperial[6]orUnitedStatescustomaryunits[7].Itisamassthatacceleratesby1 ft/s2whenaforceofonepound-force[8](lbF)isexertedonit.Withstandardgravitygc=9.80665 m/s2,theinternationalfootof0.3048 mandtheavoirdupoispoundof0...
This page uses content from the English Wikipedia[1]. The original article was at Slug (mass)[2]. The list of authors can be seen in the page history[3]. As with the Units of Measurement Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under Creative Commons License see Wikia:Licensing[4].The slug is a unit of mass[5] associated with British Imperial[6] or United States customary units[7]. It is a mass that accelerates by 1 ft/s2 when a force of one pound-force[8] (lbF) is exerted on it.
With standard gravity gc = 9.80665 m/s2, the international foot of 0.3048 m and the avoirdupois pound of 0.45359237 kg, one slug therefore has a mass of approximately 32.17405 lbm or 14.593903 kg.[1] At the surface of the Earth, an object with a mass of 1 slug exerts a force of about 32.17 lbF or 143 N.[2][3][9]
The slug is part of a subset of units known as the gravitational FPS system, one of several such specialized systems of mechanical units developed in the late 19th and ...