Newton metre
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Newton metre is the unit of moment in the SI system. It is abbreviated N m or N·m, and sometimes hyphenated newton-metre. It is a compound unit of torque corresponding to the torque from a force of one newton applied over a distance arm of one metre.
While a newton metre is dimensionally equivalent to a joule, the SI unit of energy and work, in a newton metre, the force and the distance arm are normal to each other, while in the joule, force and distance are co-linear.
Conversion factors
- 1 metre kilogram-force = 9.80665 N·m
- 1 centimetre kilogram-force = 98.0665 mN·m
- 1 foot-pound force (often "foot-pounds") = 1 pound-force foot (often "pound-feet") = 1.3558179 N·m
- 1 inch ounce-force = 7.0615518 mN·m
See also
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