No Jason, I am not a guru, but that's OK. They are not interconvertible. One is a measure of force, the other acceleration (actually a dimensionless multiplier of the standard gravitational acceleration, g, 9.8 m/s^2). If you have an object in mind of a known mass, you could find the force exerted on it given the acceleration ("G's") by F = m a. Example: 100 gram object subjected to 5 G's ---------> F = 0.1 kg * 5 * 9.8 m/s^2 = 4.9 Newtons or 0.5 kilogram force or 1.1 lb-force. Tim Reeves -----Original Message----- From: Jason Gregory [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 9:01 AM Subject: Question for the physics "gurus" How do you convert pound/kilogram to G-force? Is this convertable? Since G-force is somewhat time derived and pound/kilogram is force derived? Any help is appreciated. Jason Gregory Software Specialist - NPI Group SCI Systems/Plant 2 13000 S. Memorial Pkwy. Huntsville, AL. 35803 (256) 882-4107 x3728 [log in to unmask] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------