Convert Newton meters to Kilogram-force meters
1 newton meter is 0.1 kgf·m. One newton meter is exactly 0.101971621298 kilogram-force meters.
One newton meter is 0.10197162 kilogram-force meters. To convert newton meters to kilogram-force meters, multiply by 0.10197162; to go the other way, divide by 0.10197162 or multiply by 9.80665. 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. The SI unit: one newton acting at one meter.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Newton meters × 0.10197162
1 * 0.10197160.102 kgf·m
1 newton meter in every torque unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| pound-feet | 0.7375621493 lbf·ft | × 0.737562149277 |
| pound-inches | 8.850745791 lbf·in | × 8.85074579133 |
| newton meters (as entered) | 1 N·m | — |
| newton centimeters | 100 N·cm | × 100 |
| kilogram-force meters | 0.1019716213 kgf·m | × 0.101971621298 |
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 metres 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 meters to kilogram-force meters? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in newton meters.
- 2.Multiply by 0.10197162 — that is how many kilogram-force meters fit in one newton meter.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.10197162, or multiply by 9.80665.
Worked example: 25 newton meters to kilogram-force meters
- Formula
- N·m × 0.10197162 = kgf·m
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 0.10197162 = 2.55 kgf·m
- Answer
- 25 N·m = 2.55 kgf·m
The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.
Newton meters to kilogram-force meters conversion table
| Newton meters | Kilogram-force meters |
|---|---|
| 1 N·m | 0.1 kgf·m |
| 2 N·m | 0.2 kgf·m |
| 3 N·m | 0.31 kgf·m |
| 4 N·m | 0.41 kgf·m |
| 5 N·m | 0.51 kgf·m |
| 6 N·m | 0.61 kgf·m |
| 7 N·m | 0.71 kgf·m |
| 8 N·m | 0.82 kgf·m |
| 9 N·m | 0.92 kgf·m |
| 10 N·m | 1.02 kgf·m |
| 12 N·m | 1.22 kgf·m |
| 15 N·m | 1.53 kgf·m |
| 20 N·m | 2.04 kgf·m |
| 25 N·m | 2.55 kgf·m |
| 50 N·m | 5.1 kgf·m |
| 100 N·m | 10.2 kgf·m |
| 200 N·m | 20.39 kgf·m |
| 300 N·m | 30.59 kgf·m |
| 500 N·m | 50.99 kgf·m |
| 1000 N·m | 101.97 kgf·m |
| 2000 N·m | 203.94 kgf·m |
| 5000 N·m | 509.86 kgf·m |
| 10000 N·m | 1,019.72 kgf·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 newton meter?
The SI unit: one newton acting at one meter. Every metric service manual states torque in it.
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 meter?
One newton meter is 0.10197162 kilogram-force meters. Going the other way, one kilogram-force meter is 9.80665 newton 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 newton meter.
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 meter?
- 0.10197162. 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 meters?
- Divide by 0.10197162, or multiply by 9.80665 — they are the same operation.
Other torque conversions
Kilogram-force meters to newton meters — the same conversion the other way.