Force converter

Pick any two force units. Pound-force and kilogram-force are tied to standard gravity, 9.80665 m/s² exactly.

4.44822

1 lbf = 4.44822 NN = lbf × 4.4482216152605 · shown to 6 significant figures

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Newtons to pounds-forceTier 01 newton = 0.2248089431 pounds-force. Type in either box; the other updates as you go.Pounds-force to newtonsTier 01 pound-force = 4.448221615 newtons. Type in either box; the other updates as you go.Kilograms-force to newtonsTier 01 kilogram-force = 9.80665 newtons exactly. Type in either box; the other updates as you go.

Force is mass times acceleration. The SI unit, the newton, accelerates one kilogram by one meter per second squared. The gravitational units, pound-force and kilogram-force, are the weight of one pound or one kilogram under standard gravity (9.80665 m/s², exact by definition), which is why 1 kgf is exactly 9.80665 N.

Use the converter above for any pair. The most searched pairs, newtons to pounds and back, have their own pages with worked examples and reference tables, listed above.