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Force Unit Conversion (N ⇔ kgf ⇔lbf etc.)

Force Unit Converter

SI unit for force is the newton, symbol “N”.
SI unit for torque (the rotational force) is the N·m (Newton-meter) and the N·cm (Newton-centimeter).

Although the SI unit is widely accepted and used as the standard unit of force in scientific and engineering applications worldwide, following units are used in specific regions or industries: kgf (kilogram-force), lbf (pound-force), kgf·m(kilogram-force meter), lbf·in (pound-force inch) etc. Here is a unit converter for converting those units of force.

How to measure actual force

There are various devices to measure force:

Force such as compression, tension, etc

Force gauge

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Torque such as rotational or twisting force

Torque gauge

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Force unit conversion table

Make use of the following table in addition to force unit converter.

Force Conversion Table

Force Conversion Table	mN	N	kN	gf	kgf	ozf	lbf	klbf
1mN=		0.001	0.000001	0.101971	0.000101971	0.00359694	0.000224808	0.000000224808
1N=	1000		0.001	101.971	0.101971	3.59694	0.224808	0.000224808
1kN=	1000000	1000		101971	101.971	3596.94	224.808	0.224808
1gf=	9.80665	0.00980665	0.00000980665		0.001	0.0352739	0.00220462	0.00000220462
1kgf=	9806.65	9.80665	0.00980665	1000		35.2739	2.20462	0.00220462
1ozf=	278.013	0.278013	0.000278013	28.3495	0.0283495		0.0625	0.0000625
1lbf=	4448.22	4.44822	0.00444822	453.592	0.453592	16		0.001
1klbf=	4448220	4448.22	4.44822	453592.3	453.592	16000	1000

Torque Conversion Table

Torque Conversion Table	Nm	Ncm	kgfm	kgfcm	ozfin	lbfin
1Nm =		100	0.101971	10.1971	141.611	8.85074
1Ncm =	0.01		0.00101971	0.101971	1.41611	0.0885074
1kgfm =	9.80665	980.665		100	1388.73	86.7961
1kgfcm =	0.0980665	9.80665	0.01		13.8873	0.867961
1ozfin =	0.00706155	0.706155	0.000720077	0.0720077		0.0625
1lbfin =	0.112984	11.2984	0.0115212	1.15212	16