Convert Kilohertz to Revolutions per minute
1 kilohertz is 60,000 rpm. One kilohertz is exactly 60000 revolutions per minute.
One kilohertz is 60000 revolutions per minute. To convert kilohertz to revolutions per minute, multiply by 60000; to go the other way, divide by 60000 or multiply by 1.6667 × 10^-5. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST Special Publication 811. A thousand hertz.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Kilohertz × 60000
1 * 6000060,000 rpm
1 kilohertz in every frequency unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| hertz | 1,000 Hz | × 1,000 |
| kilohertz (as entered) | 1 kHz | — |
| megahertz | 0.001 MHz | × 0.001 |
| gigahertz | 0.000001 GHz | × 0.000001 |
| terahertz | 0.000000001 THz | × 0.000000001 |
| revolutions per minute | 60,000 rpm | × 60,000 |
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.
How do you convert kilohertz to revolutions per minute? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in kilohertz.
- 2.Multiply by 60000 — that is how many revolutions per minute fit in one kilohertz.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 60000, or multiply by 1.6667 × 10^-5.
Worked example: 25 kilohertz to revolutions per minute
- Formula
- kHz × 60000 = rpm
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 60000 = 1,500,000 rpm
- Answer
- 25 kHz = 1,500,000 rpm
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
Kilohertz to revolutions per minute conversion table
| Kilohertz | Revolutions per minute |
|---|---|
| 1 kHz | 60,000 rpm |
| 2 kHz | 120,000 rpm |
| 3 kHz | 180,000 rpm |
| 4 kHz | 240,000 rpm |
| 5 kHz | 300,000 rpm |
| 6 kHz | 360,000 rpm |
| 7 kHz | 420,000 rpm |
| 8 kHz | 480,000 rpm |
| 9 kHz | 540,000 rpm |
| 10 kHz | 600,000 rpm |
| 12 kHz | 720,000 rpm |
| 15 kHz | 900,000 rpm |
| 20 kHz | 1,200,000 rpm |
| 25 kHz | 1,500,000 rpm |
| 50 kHz | 3,000,000 rpm |
| 100 kHz | 6,000,000 rpm |
| 200 kHz | 12,000,000 rpm |
| 300 kHz | 18,000,000 rpm |
| 500 kHz | 30,000,000 rpm |
| 1000 kHz | 60,000,000 rpm |
| 2000 kHz | 120,000,000 rpm |
| 5000 kHz | 300,000,000 rpm |
| 10000 kHz | 600,000,000 rpm |
What is a kilohertz?
A thousand hertz. AM radio is broadcast here — 540 to 1600 kHz — and audio sampling is quoted in it: a CD samples at 44.1 kHz.
What is a revolution per minute?
One turn a minute, so 60 rpm is 1 Hz. Engines, drills and hard drives are all rated in it: a 7,200 rpm drive spins at 120 Hz.
How many revolutions per minute are in a kilohertz?
One kilohertz is 60000 revolutions per minute, exactly. Going the other way, one revolution per minute is 1.6667 × 10^-5 kilohertz. 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 frequency unit here
The whole group — 6 units with their symbols and the size of each one in hertzs — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to a kilohertz.
Source: NIST Special Publication 811 — the hertz, and SI prefixes
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Questions people actually ask
- How many revolutions per minute are in a kilohertz?
- 60000. One turn a minute, so 60 rpm is 1 Hz. Engines, drills and hard drives are all rated in it: a 7,200 rpm drive spins at 120 Hz.
- How do I convert revolutions per minute back to kilohertz?
- Divide by 60000, or multiply by 1.6667 × 10^-5 — they are the same operation.
Other frequency conversions
Revolutions per minute to kilohertz — the same conversion the other way.