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Slug

The slug is a unit of mass used primarily in the U.S. customary system and British engineering contexts.

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  1 slug = 32.174 pounds (lb) (mass)

  
  
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  Equivalent to approximately 14.5939 kilograms (kg)

  
  
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  Defined so that when a force of one pound-force (lbf) acts on a mass of one slug, it accelerates at 1 ft/s² (using $F = ma$ in imperial units).

  
  

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  Used mainly in physics and engineering for calculations involving Newton’s second law in imperial units

  
  
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  Allows consistent use of pound-force and pound-mass without extra conversion factors

  
  
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  Useful in dynamics, ballistics, and engineering mechanics

  
  

The slug bridges the gap between force and mass in the imperial system, making calculations easier when using pound-force units.

Petagram [Pg]

The petagram is a unit of mass in the metric system, used to measure very large quantities.

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  1 petagram = 10¹⁵ grams

  
  
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  1 petagram = 1,000,000,000,000 kilograms (1 trillion kilograms)

  
  
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  Symbol: Pg

  
  

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  Commonly used in environmental science, such as measuring global carbon emissions or biomass

  
  
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  Much larger than everyday units like kilograms or metric tons

  
  
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  Part of the SI system using the prefix "peta-" meaning $10^{15}$

  
  

The petagram is useful for quantifying massive amounts of material, especially in global-scale scientific studies.