Convert Kilogram-force meters to Newton meters
1 kilogram-force meter is 9.81 N·m. One kilogram-force meter is exactly 9.80665 newton meters.
One kilogram-force meter is 9.80665 newton meters. To convert kilogram-force meters to newton meters, multiply by 9.80665; to go the other way, divide by 9.80665 or multiply by 0.10197162. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST Special Publication 811. Exactly 9.80665 newton meters, by the defined value of standard gravity.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Kilogram-force meters × 9.80665
1 * 9.806659.807 N·m
1 kilogram-force meter in every torque unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| pound-feet | 7.233013851 lbf·ft | × 7.23301385121 |
| pound-inches | 86.79616621 lbf·in | × 86.7961662145 |
| newton meters | 9.80665 N·m | × 9.80665 |
| newton centimeters | 980.665 N·cm | × 980.665 |
| kilogram-force meters (as entered) | 1 kgf·m | — |
Factors are entered by hand from NIST Special Publication 811 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
The same converter answers this pair however it is written: kilogram-force metres to newton metres is the British spelling of the same units — the metre and the litre are spelled that way outside the United States and the quantity does not change.
How do you convert kilogram-force meters to newton meters? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in kilogram-force meters.
- 2.Multiply by 9.80665 — that is how many newton meters fit in one kilogram-force meter.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 9.80665, or multiply by 0.10197162.
Worked example: 25 kilogram-force meters to newton meters
- Formula
- kgf·m × 9.80665 = N·m
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 9.80665 = 245.17 N·m
- Answer
- 25 kgf·m = 245.17 N·m
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
Kilogram-force meters to newton meters conversion table
| Kilogram-force meters | Newton meters |
|---|---|
| 1 kgf·m | 9.81 N·m |
| 2 kgf·m | 19.61 N·m |
| 3 kgf·m | 29.42 N·m |
| 4 kgf·m | 39.23 N·m |
| 5 kgf·m | 49.03 N·m |
| 6 kgf·m | 58.84 N·m |
| 7 kgf·m | 68.65 N·m |
| 8 kgf·m | 78.45 N·m |
| 9 kgf·m | 88.26 N·m |
| 10 kgf·m | 98.07 N·m |
| 12 kgf·m | 117.68 N·m |
| 15 kgf·m | 147.1 N·m |
| 20 kgf·m | 196.13 N·m |
| 25 kgf·m | 245.17 N·m |
| 50 kgf·m | 490.33 N·m |
| 100 kgf·m | 980.67 N·m |
| 200 kgf·m | 1,961.33 N·m |
| 300 kgf·m | 2,942 N·m |
| 500 kgf·m | 4,903.33 N·m |
| 1000 kgf·m | 9,806.65 N·m |
| 2000 kgf·m | 19,613.3 N·m |
| 5000 kgf·m | 49,033.25 N·m |
| 10000 kgf·m | 98,066.5 N·m |
A kilogram-meter is a force times a distance, not a mass times one
The unit is kilogram-force meter: the torque a one-kilogram mass exerts at one meter in standard gravity, which is exactly 9.80665 N·m. Older Japanese and European service manuals specify torque this way. A kilogram is a mass and has no torque of its own; the gravity is baked into the unit, which is why it is deprecated and why the number is 9.8, not 1.
NIST Special Publication 811 — Guide for the Use of the International System of Units
What is a kilogram-force meter?
Exactly 9.80665 newton meters, by the defined value of standard gravity. Japanese service manuals printed torque this way for decades.
What is a newton meter?
The SI unit: one newton acting at one meter. Every metric service manual states torque in it.
How many newton meters are in a kilogram-force meter?
One kilogram-force meter is 9.80665 newton meters, exactly. Going the other way, one newton meter is 0.10197162 kilogram-force meters. Both figures come from the same defined relation rather than from a measurement, which is why they are the same today as they were in 1959.
Every torque unit here
The whole group — 5 units with their symbols and the size of each one in newton meters — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to a kilogram-force meter.
Source: NIST Special Publication 811 — pound-force is exactly 4.4482216152605 N
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Questions people actually ask
- How many newton meters are in a kilogram-force meter?
- 9.80665. The SI unit: one newton acting at one meter. Every metric service manual states torque in it.
- How do I convert newton meters back to kilogram-force meters?
- Divide by 9.80665, or multiply by 0.10197162 — they are the same operation.
Other torque conversions
Newton meters to kilogram-force meters — the same conversion the other way.