斯坦sthènesthéne[1]sthene[2])缩写为sn,是米-公吨-秒制的单位,是在1919年引入法国的[3]。此单位在1876年由英国学术协会英语British Association提出时,其名称为funal,在1914年改为目前的名称[1]米-公吨-秒制被后来的米-公斤-秒制国际单位制所取代,此单位也很少被使用[2]

斯坦
单位制米-公吨-秒制(MTS)
物理量名称
符号sn 
单位换算
1 sn相当于
   MTS单位制   1 t⋅m/s2
   SI单位制   1 kN
   英国重力单位制   224.8089英磅力
1 斯坦 = 1 千牛顿[4]
102.0 千克力
224.8 磅力
7233 磅达英语poundal

参考资料 编辑

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 Fenna, Donald. m. t. s. system. A Dictionary Of Weights, Measures, and Units. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. 2002: 281. ISBN 019-860522-6. sthéne force. Symbol sn. Metric-m.t.s. That which produces an acceleration of 1 m·s−2 when applied to a mass of 1 t[onne] = 1 kN. Originally called the funal when proposed by the British Association in 1876, it was renamed by 1914. It was authorized in France by statute of 1919 as part of the m–t–s system. 
  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 Fenna, Donald. m. t. s. system. A Dictionary Of Weights, Measures, and Units. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. 2002: 190. ISBN 019-860522-6. m.t.s system (Metric-m.t.s., also MTS system)…In the m.t.s. system the unit of force, for example, is the sthene, which gives an acceleration of 1 m·s−2 to a body of 1 t[onne]… 
  3. ^ New units in the metric system—legally adopted in France. Scientific American Monthly. New York: Scientific American. 1920: 152. ISSN 0740-6495. OCLC 1765222. 
  4. ^ International conversion tables Stephen Naft, Ralph De Sola, P. H. Bigg – 1965 "Sthène (sn) per square metre. This also equals 10000 dyn/cm2."