Convert Newton centimeters to Kilogram-force meters
1 newton centimeter is 0.00102 kgf·m. One newton centimeter is exactly 0.00101971621298 kilogram-force meters.
One newton centimeter is 0.0010197162 kilogram-force meters. To convert newton centimeters to kilogram-force meters, multiply by 0.0010197162; to go the other way, divide by 0.0010197162 or multiply by 980.665. The relation is exact but the figure is not: it is a rounding of a number that does not terminate, and it follows from NIST Special Publication 811. A hundredth of a newton meter, used where a newton meter is too coarse: electronics assembly, optics, small screws.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Newton centimeters × 0.0010197162
1 * 0.00101970.001 kgf·m
1 newton centimeter in every torque unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| pound-feet | 0.007375621493 lbf·ft | × 0.00737562149277 |
| pound-inches | 0.08850745791 lbf·in | × 0.0885074579133 |
| newton meters | 0.01 N·m | × 0.01 |
| newton centimeters (as entered) | 1 N·cm | — |
| kilogram-force meters | 0.001019716213 kgf·m | × 0.00101971621298 |
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: newton centimetres to kilogram-force 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 newton centimeters to kilogram-force meters? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in newton centimeters.
- 2.Multiply by 0.0010197162 — that is how many kilogram-force meters fit in one newton centimeter.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.0010197162, or multiply by 980.665.
Worked example: 25 newton centimeters to kilogram-force meters
- Formula
- N·cm × 0.0010197162 = kgf·m
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 0.0010197162 = 0.03 kgf·m
- Answer
- 25 N·cm = 0.03 kgf·m
The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.
Newton centimeters to kilogram-force meters conversion table
| Newton centimeters | Kilogram-force meters |
|---|---|
| 1 N·cm | 0.00102 kgf·m |
| 2 N·cm | 0.002039 kgf·m |
| 3 N·cm | 0.003059 kgf·m |
| 4 N·cm | 0.004079 kgf·m |
| 5 N·cm | 0.01 kgf·m |
| 6 N·cm | 0.01 kgf·m |
| 7 N·cm | 0.01 kgf·m |
| 8 N·cm | 0.01 kgf·m |
| 9 N·cm | 0.01 kgf·m |
| 10 N·cm | 0.01 kgf·m |
| 12 N·cm | 0.01 kgf·m |
| 15 N·cm | 0.02 kgf·m |
| 20 N·cm | 0.02 kgf·m |
| 25 N·cm | 0.03 kgf·m |
| 50 N·cm | 0.05 kgf·m |
| 100 N·cm | 0.1 kgf·m |
| 200 N·cm | 0.2 kgf·m |
| 300 N·cm | 0.31 kgf·m |
| 500 N·cm | 0.51 kgf·m |
| 1000 N·cm | 1.02 kgf·m |
| 2000 N·cm | 2.04 kgf·m |
| 5000 N·cm | 5.1 kgf·m |
| 10000 N·cm | 10.2 kgf·m |
What is a newton centimeter?
A hundredth of a newton meter, used where a newton meter is too coarse: electronics assembly, optics, small screws.
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.
How many kilogram-force meters are in a newton centimeter?
One newton centimeter is 0.0010197162 kilogram-force meters. Going the other way, one kilogram-force meter is 980.665 newton centimeters. 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 newton centimeter.
Source: NIST Special Publication 811 — pound-force is exactly 4.4482216152605 N
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Questions people actually ask
- How many kilogram-force meters are in a newton centimeter?
- 0.0010197162. Exactly 9.80665 newton meters, by the defined value of standard gravity. Japanese service manuals printed torque this way for decades.
- How do I convert kilogram-force meters back to newton centimeters?
- Divide by 0.0010197162, or multiply by 980.665 — they are the same operation.
Other torque conversions
Kilogram-force meters to newton centimeters — the same conversion the other way.