Convert Short Hundredweights to Slugs
Convert Short Hundredweights (cwt) to Slugs (slug) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
slug = cwt × 3.108095017
About Short Hundredweights
A short hundredweight (cwt, US cwt) equals exactly 100 pounds or approximately 45.359 kg. Used primarily in the United States for commodity trading, it represents the practical 'hundred-pound' unit for measuring coal, agricultural produce, livestock feed, and industrial materials. Commodity markets for cattle, hogs, and grain in the US price their products per hundredweight ($/cwt or $/100 lb). Steel and non-ferrous metal quotations in North America are commonly expressed in dollars per short hundredweight. The 'short' modifier distinguishes it from the UK long hundredweight (112 lb).
About Slugs
A slug is a unit of mass in the British imperial and US customary foot-pound-second (FPS) engineering system, equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot per second squared under a force of 1 pound-force - approximately 14.594 kg. The slug was introduced to simplify dynamics calculations in engineering: using slugs ensures that F = ma holds without unit conversion factors when force is in pounds-force and acceleration in ft/s². Aerospace engineers and mechanical engineers working in US customary units use slugs for aircraft mass, structural dynamics, and ballistic calculations.
Quick Reference Table
| Short Hundredweights (cwt) | Slugs (slug) |
|---|---|
| 1 cwt | 3.1081 slug |
| 2 cwt | 6.21619 slug |
| 5 cwt | 15.5405 slug |
| 10 cwt | 31.081 slug |
| 25 cwt | 77.7024 slug |
| 50 cwt | 155.405 slug |
| 100 cwt | 310.81 slug |