Force converters
Force is what accelerates mass — pushes, pulls, weight, and thrust. The SI unit is the newton, defined by the SI Brochure as the force that gives a one-kilogram mass an acceleration of one meter per second squared. Older engineering traditions instead measure force in pound-force or kilogram-force, both of which are defined against standard gravity (9.80665 m/s², per NIST SP 811) rather than mass alone.
Popular force conversions
All force units
The 6 units below can be selected as source or target inside any force converter.
- NewtonsN · Metric
- KilonewtonskN · Metric
- Pound-forcelbf · US customary
- Kilogram-forcekgf · Metric
- Dynesdyn · Other
- Kipskip · US customary
Force units in terms of the newton
Every force unit on Convertitive is defined as an exact ratio of the newton (N), the reference unit for this category. The table below shows what one of each unit equals in newtons — the constant every converter on this page is built from.
| Unit | Symbol | 1 unit in newtons |
|---|---|---|
| Newtons | N | base unit |
| Kilonewtons | kN | 1000 N |
| Pound-force | lbf | 4.44822 N |
| Kilogram-force | kgf | 9.80665 N |
| Dynes | dyn | 1.0000 × 10^−5 N |
| Kips | kip | 4448.22 N |
To convert between any two units, Convertitive scales the input to newtons using these factors and then back out to the target unit — so every result on this page traces to a single, exact definition rather than a chained approximation. Pick any pair above to see the formula, a 50-row reference table, and worked examples.
Newtons to kilonewtons reference table
Common newtons values with their kilonewtons equivalent, computed with the same factors the converter uses.
| N | kN |
|---|---|
| 0.1 | 0.0001 |
| 2 | 0.002 |
| 7 | 0.007 |
| 11 | 0.011 |
| 16 | 0.016 |
| 24 | 0.024 |
| 36 | 0.036 |
| 50 | 0.05 |
| 90 | 0.09 |
| 200 | 0.2 |
| 600 | 0.6 |
| 1000 | 1 |
Need a value that is not listed? Open the N to kN converter and type any number.