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Template:Units of force

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Units of force
newton dyne kilogram-force,
kilopond
pound-force poundal
1 N  1 kg⋅m/s2 = 105 dyn  0.10197 kp  0.22481 lbF  7.2330 pdl
1 dyn = 10−5 N  1 g⋅cm/s2  1.0197×10−6 kp  2.2481×10−6 lbF  7.2330×10−5 pdl
1 kp = 9.80665 N = 980665 dyn  gn × 1 kg  2.2046 lbF  70.932 pdl
lbF  4.448222 N  444822 dyn  0.45359 kp  gn × lb  32.174 pdl
1 pdl  0.138255 N  13825 dyn  0.014098 kp  0.031081 lbF  1 lb⋅ft/s2
The value of gn (9.80665 m/s2) as used in the official definition of the kilogram-force is used here for all gravitational units.