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arrow-up1674arrow-down1imageThe heat... I mean the cold... well, it’s palpable!feddit.orgHofmaimaier@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square60linkfedilink
minus-squarech00f@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down3·3 months ago-40C = -40F Also 0lbs does not equal 0kg when there’s no gravity.
minus-squareramenshaman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 months agoTypically, lbs is not mass, it’s weight/force.
minus-squareFiskFisk33linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoisn’t that lbf? The pund itself is defined as 0.45359237 Kg
minus-squareramenshaman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·3 months agoLbs can be lbf or lbm, but usually is referring to lbf, which is 0.4536 kg at 1g.
minus-squareFiskFisk33linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agowhen comparing to kg I will assume the mass unit, since comparing a mass value to a force has no meaning.
minus-squareKeenFlame@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoAnd temperature doesn’t change with pressure
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoI’m not sure if you’re joking, but it does. PV=nRT
minus-squareKeenFlame@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThe point is that pressure is the environment and so is gravity
minus-squareexpatriado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·3 months agono mass multiplied with gravity still results in no force, 0 Lb = 0 Kg; 0 Lbf = 0 N
minus-squarech00f@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoYes, but 1kg also results in no force, so it’s a trivial statement.
minus-squareLinearity@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·3 months agoGravity? What does that have to do with mass
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·3 months agoNothing in this context, but it can have a lot to do with force, for which pounds is the US customary unit.
minus-squareFiskFisk33linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agowhen compared to a value in Kg, the only logical interpretation is the mass pound. If it were lbf, the si unit conversion would be Newtons. Having the same name for two different, but easily mixed up units is really annoying haha
minus-squaremadjo@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·3 months agoIt’s clear from context clues that they don’t mean Force. As kilograms are an indicator of mass, not force. It’s not our fault that US’ imperial system is silly.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoImperial is a British thing, and the quantities differ significantly from US customary.
minus-squaremadjo@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoperhaps, but the US uses it.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoNope. As I said, the US customarily uses US customary units. They ARE NOT identical to “Imperial” units, despite the coincidental naming.
-40C = -40F
Also 0lbs does not equal 0kg when there’s no gravity.
huh?
Mass doesnt change with gravity
Typically, lbs is not mass, it’s weight/force.
isn’t that lbf?
The pund itself is defined as 0.45359237 Kg
Lbs can be lbf or lbm, but usually is referring to lbf, which is 0.4536 kg at 1g.
when comparing to kg I will assume the mass unit, since comparing a mass value to a force has no meaning.
And temperature doesn’t change with pressure
I’m not sure if you’re joking, but it does. PV=nRT
The point is that pressure is the environment and so is gravity
no mass multiplied with gravity still results in no force, 0 Lb = 0 Kg; 0 Lbf = 0 N
Yes, but 1kg also results in no force, so it’s a trivial statement.
Gravity? What does that have to do with mass
Nothing in this context, but it can have a lot to do with force, for which pounds is the US customary unit.
when compared to a value in Kg, the only logical interpretation is the mass pound. If it were lbf, the si unit conversion would be Newtons.
Having the same name for two different, but easily mixed up units is really annoying haha
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It’s clear from context clues that they don’t mean Force. As kilograms are an indicator of mass, not force. It’s not our fault that US’ imperial system is silly.
Imperial is a British thing, and the quantities differ significantly from US customary.
perhaps, but the US uses it.
Nope. As I said, the US customarily uses US customary units. They ARE NOT identical to “Imperial” units, despite the coincidental naming.