Convert foot pound-force/hour to picowatt
Please provide values below to convert foot pound-force/hour [ft*lbf/h] to picowatt [pW], or Convert picowatt to foot pound-force/hour.
How to Convert Foot Pound-Force/hour to Picowatt
1 ft*lbf/h = 376616000 pW
Example: convert 15 ft*lbf/h to pW:
15 ft*lbf/h = 15 × 376616000 pW = 5649240000 pW
Foot Pound-Force/hour to Picowatt Conversion Table
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Foot Pound-Force/hour
Foot pound-force per hour (ft*lbf/h) is a unit of power representing the amount of work done in foot-pounds over the period of one hour.
History/Origin
The foot pound-force is an imperial unit of work or energy, and its use in power measurements like ft*lbf/h has been common in engineering fields in the United States. It has been used historically in mechanical and thermodynamic contexts before the adoption of SI units.
Current Use
Today, ft*lbf/h is primarily used in specific engineering applications, such as in the measurement of small power outputs in mechanical systems, though it is largely replaced by SI units like watts in most scientific and international contexts.
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.