Kilopound (abbreviation: kips): is a unit of force, equivalent to 1000 pounds (lb) which is used in some systems of measurement including English Engineering units and the British Gravitational System. Also, it is a unit of mass used in the imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement.
Atomic Mass Unit (abbreviations: amu, or u): also known as dalton (symbol: Da), is a standard unit of mass that used on an atomic or molecular scale (atomic mass). One unified atomic mass unit is about the mass of one nucleon (either a single proton or neutron) and equivalent to 1 g/mol.
How to Convert Kilopounds to Atomic Mass Units
Example: How many atomic mass units are equivalent to 42.85 kilopounds?
As;
1 kilopounds = 2.7324397452856E+29 atomic mass units
42.85 kilopounds = Y atomic mass units
Assuming Y is the answer, and by criss-cross principle;
Y equals 42.85 times 2.7324397452856E+29 over 1
(i.e.) Y = 42.85 * 2.7324397452856E+29 / 1 = 1.1708504308549E+31 atomic mass units
Answer is: 1.1708504308549E+31 atomic mass units are equivalent to 42.85 kilopounds.
Practice Question: Convert the following units into amu:
N.B.: After working out the answer to each of the next questions, click adjacent button to see the correct answer.
( i ) 15.21 kips
( ii ) 19.07 kips
( iii ) 10.97 kips
