Convert Pound-feet to Kilogram-force meters
1 pound-foot is 0.14 kgf·m. One pound-foot is exactly 0.138254954376 kilogram-force meters.
One pound-foot is 0.13825495 kilogram-force meters. To convert pound-feet to kilogram-force meters, multiply by 0.13825495; to go the other way, divide by 0.13825495 or multiply by 7.2330139. 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 torque of one pound-force at one foot.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Pound-feet × 0.13825495
1 * 0.13825490.138 kgf·m
1 pound-foot in every torque unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| pound-feet (as entered) | 1 lbf·ft | — |
| pound-inches | 12 lbf·in | × 12 |
| newton meters | 1.355817948 N·m | × 1.35581794833 |
| newton centimeters | 135.5817948 N·cm | × 135.581794833 |
| kilogram-force meters | 0.1382549544 kgf·m | × 0.138254954376 |
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: pound-feet 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 pound-feet to kilogram-force meters? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in pound-feet.
- 2.Multiply by 0.13825495 — that is how many kilogram-force meters fit in one pound-foot.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.13825495, or multiply by 7.2330139.
Worked example: 25 pound-feet to kilogram-force meters
- Formula
- lbf·ft × 0.13825495 = kgf·m
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 0.13825495 = 3.46 kgf·m
- Answer
- 25 lbf·ft = 3.46 kgf·m
The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.
Pound-feet to kilogram-force meters conversion table
| Pound-feet | Kilogram-force meters |
|---|---|
| 1 lbf·ft | 0.14 kgf·m |
| 2 lbf·ft | 0.28 kgf·m |
| 3 lbf·ft | 0.41 kgf·m |
| 4 lbf·ft | 0.55 kgf·m |
| 5 lbf·ft | 0.69 kgf·m |
| 6 lbf·ft | 0.83 kgf·m |
| 7 lbf·ft | 0.97 kgf·m |
| 8 lbf·ft | 1.11 kgf·m |
| 9 lbf·ft | 1.24 kgf·m |
| 10 lbf·ft | 1.38 kgf·m |
| 12 lbf·ft | 1.66 kgf·m |
| 15 lbf·ft | 2.07 kgf·m |
| 20 lbf·ft | 2.77 kgf·m |
| 25 lbf·ft | 3.46 kgf·m |
| 50 lbf·ft | 6.91 kgf·m |
| 100 lbf·ft | 13.83 kgf·m |
| 200 lbf·ft | 27.65 kgf·m |
| 300 lbf·ft | 41.48 kgf·m |
| 500 lbf·ft | 69.13 kgf·m |
| 1000 lbf·ft | 138.25 kgf·m |
| 2000 lbf·ft | 276.51 kgf·m |
| 5000 lbf·ft | 691.27 kgf·m |
| 10000 lbf·ft | 1,382.55 kgf·m |
What is a pound-foot?
The torque of one pound-force at one foot. Exact, because a pound-force is exactly 4.4482216152605 newtons and a foot is exactly 0.3048 meters. Every US torque wrench is marked in these.
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 pound-foot?
One pound-foot is 0.13825495 kilogram-force meters. Going the other way, one kilogram-force meter is 7.2330139 pound-feet. 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 pound-foot.
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 pound-foot?
- 0.13825495. 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 pound-feet?
- Divide by 0.13825495, or multiply by 7.2330139 — they are the same operation.
Other torque conversions
Kilogram-force meters to pound-feet — the same conversion the other way.