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You are correct, but when I'm messing around with bumper plates, the red plate says 55kg rather than 539N. If you're not in the lab, a kilogram is simultaneousl
by omegaham 11y ago
You are correct, but when I'm messing around with bumper plates, the red plate says 55kg rather than 539N. If you're not in the lab, a kilogram is simultaneously the mass and the force of gravity of said mass at sea level.
- k__ 11y agoIs "Pound" more like "Newton" than "Gram"?
- 8_hours_ago 11y agoCorrect. Pound -> Newton Slug[1] -> Gram [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_%28mass%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_%28mass%29
- Dylan16807 11y agoI've never heard of a slug in my life. Pound by itself usually means mass, but it's interchangeable. Pound-force is a common term. Pound-mass can disambiguate.
- 8_hours_ago 11y agoYes, that is what is most common these days. Unfortunately the "slug" unit never caught on, it's way more fun to say than "pound-mass".