Convert pound force to kilonewton, abbreviated as lbf to kN. This is based formula: 1 pound force = 0.0044482 kilonewton, under this rule, pound forces can be easily converted into kilonewtons. Now, let’s discuss in more detail.
Pound of force is used in the system of measurement including English Engineering unit and foot-pound-system. Foot-pound and pound force are two separate units, avoid mixing these two.
The force which is applied on an object of mass of one pound at the rate of 32.174 ft/s is called one pound force. It is equal to the gravitational force that is applied on the one pound mass of object on this earth planet. This is very helpful because experiments have shown that gravitational force on one pound mass of object is equal to the one pound force.
The value of gravitational force is taken as 9.87 meter per square second.
Pound force is often represented with lb whereas force that is applied on one pound gram of object is represented with lbf.
It is equal to one thousand newton. In other words, the force applied on One kilogram of body to accelerate it is called one kilo newton force.
One Kilo newton is equal to 10197 kgf
It is represented by the kN.
Its named after the scientist sit Isaac newton for honoring his services in classical mechanics. This name is given in 1948 by the CGPM resolution.
If you want to know how to convert pound force to kilonewton, you must get the conversion formula or factor first.
The Pound Force to Kilonewton formula is:
1 Pound Force = 0.0044482 kilonewton
Or convert the formula:
1 kilonewton = 224.808943 pound force
Through the formula, two answers can be easily obtained:
In other words, 1 pound force equal to 0.0044482 kilonewton. To convert pound forces to kilonewtons, just multiply pound force by 0.0044482 or divide by 224.808943.
For example, convert 1000 lbf to kN
1000 lbf = 1000 × 0.0044482 kN = 4.4482 kN
or
1000 ÷ 224.808943 = 4.4482 kN
Through the above content, now you know how to convert pound force to kilonewton.
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In order to quickly obtain the conversion result from pound force to kilonewton, we list some commonly used conversion numbers in the following table.
