Convert pound force to newton, abbreviated as lbf to N. This is based formula: 1 pound force = 4.448222 newton, under this rule, pound forces can be easily converted into newtons. 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 the most widely used unit for representing force.
The force applied on a body of 1kg to bring an acceleration of meter per square second.
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.
This concept was described by newton in 2nd law of motion where an expression given below explains the relation between force on mass to accelerate it. The force applied on a body is directly proportional to the mass of the object to cause acceleration in it.
F=ma (newton second law of motion)
It is represented with N.
1N = 1 kg·m/s2
If you want to know how to convert pound force to newton, you must get the conversion formula or factor first.
The Pound Force to Newton formula is:
1 Pound Force = 4.448222 newton
Or convert the formula:
1 newton = 0.2248089 pound force
Through the formula, two answers can be easily obtained:
In other words, 1 pound force equal to 4.448222 newton. To convert pound forces to newtons, just multiply pound force by 4.448222 or divide by 0.2248089.
For example, convert 5 lbf to N
5 lbf = 5 × 4.448222 N= 22.24111 N
or
5 ÷ 0.2248089 = 22.24111 N
Through the above content, now you know how to convert pound force to newton.
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In order to quickly obtain the conversion result from pound force to newton, we list some commonly used conversion numbers in the following table.
