Convert picowatt to foot pound-force/second
Please provide values below to convert picowatt [pW] to foot pound-force/second [ft*lbf/s], or Convert foot pound-force/second to picowatt.
How to Convert Picowatt to Foot Pound-Force/second
1 pW = 7.37562148369551e-13 ft*lbf/s
Example: convert 15 pW to ft*lbf/s:
15 pW = 15 × 7.37562148369551e-13 ft*lbf/s = 1.10634322255433e-11 ft*lbf/s
Picowatt to Foot Pound-Force/second Conversion Table
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Picowatt
A picowatt (pW) is a unit of power equal to one trillionth (10^-12) of a watt.
History/Origin
The picowatt was introduced as part of the SI prefixes to measure extremely small amounts of power, especially in scientific and technological contexts, following the standardization of the watt as the SI unit of power.
Current Use
Picowatts are used in fields such as electronics, physics, and biology to quantify very low power levels, including in sensor measurements, quantum physics, and nanotechnology applications.
Foot Pound-Force/second
The foot pound-force per second (ft·lbf/s) is a unit of power representing the rate of work done or energy transferred, where one foot pound-force is the work done when a force of one pound-force moves an object one foot.
History/Origin
The foot pound-force per second has been used historically in engineering and physics, especially in the United States, as a practical unit of power in mechanical and thermodynamic contexts before the widespread adoption of the SI system.
Current Use
Today, the foot pound-force per second is primarily used in certain engineering fields, such as mechanical and aerospace engineering, for expressing power in systems where imperial units are standard, though it is less common with the global shift towards SI units.