Convert Newton centimeters to Newton meters
1 newton centimeter is 0.01 N·m. One newton centimeter is exactly 0.01 newton meters.
One newton centimeter is 0.01 newton meters. To convert newton centimeters to newton meters, multiply by 0.01; to go the other way, divide by 0.01 or multiply by 100. The factor is exact rather than rounded: 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 × 0.01
1 * 0.010.01 N·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 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 newton centimeters to newton meters? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in newton centimeters.
- 2.Multiply by 0.01 — that is how many newton meters fit in one newton centimeter.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.01, or multiply by 100.
Worked example: 25 newton centimeters to newton meters
- Formula
- N·cm × 0.01 = N·m
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 0.01 = 0.25 N·m
- Answer
- 25 N·cm = 0.25 N·m
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
Newton centimeters to newton meters conversion table
| Newton centimeters | Newton meters |
|---|---|
| 1 N·cm | 0.01 N·m |
| 2 N·cm | 0.02 N·m |
| 3 N·cm | 0.03 N·m |
| 4 N·cm | 0.04 N·m |
| 5 N·cm | 0.05 N·m |
| 6 N·cm | 0.06 N·m |
| 7 N·cm | 0.07 N·m |
| 8 N·cm | 0.08 N·m |
| 9 N·cm | 0.09 N·m |
| 10 N·cm | 0.1 N·m |
| 12 N·cm | 0.12 N·m |
| 15 N·cm | 0.15 N·m |
| 20 N·cm | 0.2 N·m |
| 25 N·cm | 0.25 N·m |
| 50 N·cm | 0.5 N·m |
| 100 N·cm | 1 N·m |
| 200 N·cm | 2 N·m |
| 300 N·cm | 3 N·m |
| 500 N·cm | 5 N·m |
| 1000 N·cm | 10 N·m |
| 2000 N·cm | 20 N·m |
| 5000 N·cm | 50 N·m |
| 10000 N·cm | 100 N·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 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 newton centimeter?
One newton centimeter is 0.01 newton meters, exactly. Going the other way, one newton meter is 100 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 newton meters are in a newton centimeter?
- 0.01. 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 newton centimeters?
- Divide by 0.01, or multiply by 100 — they are the same operation.
Other torque conversions
Newton meters to newton centimeters — the same conversion the other way.