10+ Force Units and Conversions
Force Units are interesting as almost anyone can do a search to find the conversions, however, are those search results always correct? We have looked at various force unit converters and decided to make a quick reference post on force units and the conversion to SI units, as well as converting force units from SI to English Customary.
| Force Units to Newtons (SI) Force Unit Conversion | ||||
| Symbol | Name | To Symbol | Name | Multiply By |
| kgf | kilogram force | N | newton | 9.806 65 |
| kip | kip (1000 lbf) | N | newton | 4448.221 615 |
| kip | kip (1000 lbf) | kN | kilonewton | 4.448 221 615 |
| lbf | pound force | N | newton | 4.448 221 615 |
| ozf | ounce-force | N | newton | 0.278 013 851 |
| tonf | ton-force (short) US | N | newton | 8 896.443 231 |
|
tonf |
ton-force (short) US | kN | kilonewton |
8.896 443 231 |
| SI Force Units to Customary Force Units | ||||
| Symbol | Name | To Symbol | Name | Multiply By |
| N | newton | kip | kip (1000 lbf) | 0.000022480894 |
| kN | kilonewton | kip | kip (1000 lbf) | 0.002248089400 |
| N | newton | lbf | pound force | 224809.00000000 |
| N | newton | ozf | ounce-force | 3.59694309 |
| N | newton | tonf | ton-force (short) US | 0.00011240 |
|
kN |
kilonewton | tonf | ton-force (short) US | 0.11240447 |
Force Unit - Conclusion
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