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To convert from Kilogram-meter (kgm) to Newton-meter (Nm), use the following formula:
Newton-meter (Nm)
= 9.806649999787735× Kilogram-meter (kgm)
To convert from Kilogram-meter (kgm) to Centinewton-meter (cNm), use the following formula:
Centinewton-meter (cNm)
= 9.806649999787735 × 100× Kilogram-meter (kgm)
= 980.6649999787735× Kilogram-meter (kgm)
To convert from Kilogram-meter (kgm) to Decinewton-meter (dNm), use the following formula:
Decinewton-meter (dNm)
= 9.806649999787735 × 10× Kilogram-meter (kgm)
= 98.06649999787735× Kilogram-meter (kgm)
To convert from Kilogram-meter (kgm) to Kilogram-centimeter (kg-cm), use the following formula:
Kilogram-centimeter (kg-cm)
= 9.806649999787735 × 10.09806649999787735× Kilogram-meter (kgm)
= 100× Kilogram-meter (kgm)
To convert from Kilogram-meter (kgm) to Pound-foot (lbf-ft), use the following formula:
Pound-foot (lbf-ft)
= 9.806649999787735 × 11.355818× Kilogram-meter (kgm)
= 7.233013575411843625× Kilogram-meter (kgm)
With 11.355818 is the ratio between the base units Pound-foot (lbf-ft) and Newton-meter (Nm).
To convert from Kilogram-meter (kgm) to Pound-inch (lbf-in), use the following formula:
Pound-inch (lbf-in)
= 9.806649999787735 × 11.355818 × 12× Kilogram-meter (kgm)
= 86.7961629049421235× Kilogram-meter (kgm)
With 11.355818 is the ratio between the base units Pound-foot (lbf-ft) and Newton-meter (Nm).
To convert from Kilogram-meter (kgm) to Ounce-inch (ozf-in), use the following formula:
Ounce-inch (ozf-in)
= 9.806649999787735 × 11.355818 × 10.005208333271755643× Kilogram-meter (kgm)
= 1388.738622898014816× Kilogram-meter (kgm)
With 11.355818 is the ratio between the base units Pound-foot (lbf-ft) and Newton-meter (Nm).
A kilogram-meter (kgf·m), sometimes written kg·m or kgm, is the torque produced by one kilogram-force acting at one metre from the axis.
Like the kilogram-force it derives from, this unit builds the Earth's gravity into its definition. That made it convenient before SI was standardised — a 1 kg weight hung on a 1 m arm gives exactly 1 kgf·m — but it is deprecated in modern engineering, where N·m is the correct unit.
If a workshop manual gives 11 kgf·m for a wheel nut, that is roughly 108 N·m — a normal modern figure, just written in an older unit.
| From | To | Multiply by |
|---|---|---|
| kgf·m | N·m | 9.80665 |
| kgf·m | lbf·ft | 7.23301 |
| kgf·m | kgf·cm | 100 |