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Torque Converter

Torque across newton metres, pound feet and kilogram force metres. Pound feet and foot pounds are the same magnitude used for different quantities, which is why the order of the words is not arbitrary.

Also called: nm to lb-ft, torque wrench converter.

Result
0.737562

1 Newton metre is 0.737562 Pound foot. The factor is 0.7375621493, and the inverse is 1.3558179483. The table below gives the same value in every torque unit at once.

Conversion factor
0.7375621493
Inverse factor
1.3558179483
Value in newton metre
1
Converting from
Newton metre
Converting to
Pound foot
Dimension
torque
How this is calculated

The same value in every torque unit

UnitValue
Newton metre1
Kilogram force metre0.1
Pound foot0.74
Pound inch8.85
Method and background

How this is calculated

Torque is a force applied at a distance, so its units are a force times a length. Newton metres and pound feet are the working units. The convention worth knowing is that torque is written pound-foot and energy is written foot-pound, even though the arithmetic is identical, because one is a twisting moment and the other is work done.

result = value * factor_from / factor_to
k
Each unit's size in newton metre

Worked examples

Each of these is asserted on every build. If a change to the engine ever moved one of these answers, the build would fail before the page could print it.

a newton metre in pound feet

Value
1
From
Newton metre
To
Pound foot

Result0.737562

1 / 1.35581794833, exact by definition

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a kilogram force metre

Value
1
From
Kilogram force metre
To
Newton metre

Result9.80665

exact: standard gravity applied at one metre

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no twist is no twist

Value
0
From
Newton metre
To
Pound inch

Result0

degenerate case

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