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[–] [email protected] 83 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (75 children)

Lb-Ft

FFS, just adopt the metric system already. And "lb" is not a force unit. Also don't capitalize unit abbreviations unless named after scientists.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

It's confusing, since "pound" is used for both force and mass.

1 lbm is roughly 0.45 kg

1 lbf is the force required to accelerate a 1 slug (32.2 lbm) mass 1 ft/s^2.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don't know what the imperial system standards committee was up to, but I've never met a slug that was 32.2 lbm

[–] InfiniteStruggle 8 points 11 months ago

You wouldn't know her, she goes to a different school.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

lbm

What a brainfart of a unit is that?

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