Three Countries that Do Not Use the Metric System
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Originally Posted By: artificialist
I find it interesting that in Japan, Kq/CM^2 is often used a a measurement of pressure, but in Europe, BAR and KPa are more common. I heard so many people tell me that the metric system is exactly the same in every part of the world.
Yeah, it should be Kg/cm^2. And BTW, 1 Kg/cm^2 is real close to (but not exactly) 1 Bar = 100 KPa. I always liked the unit if torr for pressure ... used a lot in the vacuum world.
I find it interesting that in Japan, Kq/CM^2 is often used a a measurement of pressure, but in Europe, BAR and KPa are more common. I heard so many people tell me that the metric system is exactly the same in every part of the world.
Yeah, it should be Kg/cm^2. And BTW, 1 Kg/cm^2 is real close to (but not exactly) 1 Bar = 100 KPa. I always liked the unit if torr for pressure ... used a lot in the vacuum world.
Except kilograms isn't a force, it's a mass. So, it's fine to use SI derived units when discussing pressure, but this is always a bit of a mess, and that's why other units are better. There is no scientific reason to ever use kilograms of force per square cm. All one has is a gigantic mess if trying to convert into something useful.
Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix
lbm = lbf ... but only on Earth. When working with English units in physics, this always threw people for a loop.
I started to Google right away what you were talking about, and found an interesting unit which I had never heard before: a slug. Is it a well known unit?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(force)
And what about these?
The blob is the inch version of the slug (1 blob = 1 lbf·s^2/in = 12 slugs) or equivalent to 175.126 kg. This unit is also called slinch (a portmanteau of the words slug and inch). Similar terms include slugette, and a snail. Similar metric units include the "glug" in the centimetre-gram-second system, and the "mug", "par", or "MTE" in the metre-kilogram-second system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(mass)
lbm = lbf ... but only on Earth. When working with English units in physics, this always threw people for a loop.
I started to Google right away what you were talking about, and found an interesting unit which I had never heard before: a slug. Is it a well known unit?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(force)
And what about these?
The blob is the inch version of the slug (1 blob = 1 lbf·s^2/in = 12 slugs) or equivalent to 175.126 kg. This unit is also called slinch (a portmanteau of the words slug and inch). Similar terms include slugette, and a snail. Similar metric units include the "glug" in the centimetre-gram-second system, and the "mug", "par", or "MTE" in the metre-kilogram-second system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(mass)
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slug used to be very common term for when one boy, with fist closed, hit another boy in a non-critical area.
Also used to describe consuming a whole can of soda without pausing for air. Or, the spent, business end of a bullet, especially when digging one out of flesh.
Also used to describe consuming a whole can of soda without pausing for air. Or, the spent, business end of a bullet, especially when digging one out of flesh.
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Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix
lbm = lbf ... but only on Earth. When working with English units in physics, this always threw people for a loop.
I started to Google right away what you were talking about, and found an interesting unit which I had never heard before: a slug. Is it a well known unit?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(force)
Yes, that pesky slimy unit of "slug". That unit confused a lot of physics students. The SI metric system was much cleaner to use in physics and thermodynamics.
Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix
lbm = lbf ... but only on Earth. When working with English units in physics, this always threw people for a loop.
I started to Google right away what you were talking about, and found an interesting unit which I had never heard before: a slug. Is it a well known unit?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(force)
Yes, that pesky slimy unit of "slug". That unit confused a lot of physics students. The SI metric system was much cleaner to use in physics and thermodynamics.
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