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fluidistic
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I'm confused about mass, weight and kilogram force. Not that I don't know what the 2 firsts are but here I give the example that is perturbating me.
Say a home scale gives my "weight" as 67kg. I know that a weight is a force and therefore should have units of force, like the Newton (N) and not the kilogram which is a unit of mass.
So what is giving me the scale? Is it my mass? Is it my weight but with the wrong units? Or is it my weight in kilogram force (unit is kgf if I recall well)? I'm not even sure that a force can be given in kilogram force, but I guess yes...
Say a home scale gives my "weight" as 67kg. I know that a weight is a force and therefore should have units of force, like the Newton (N) and not the kilogram which is a unit of mass.
So what is giving me the scale? Is it my mass? Is it my weight but with the wrong units? Or is it my weight in kilogram force (unit is kgf if I recall well)? I'm not even sure that a force can be given in kilogram force, but I guess yes...