Torque converter
T = F × d
Convert a torque between newton-meters, millinewton-meters, newton-centimeters, kilogram-force centimeters and meters, pound-force inches and feet. Torque shares the physical dimension of energy without being the same quantity: this tool therefore offers no conversion to joules, and that is deliberate.
1 Newton-meter (N·m) = 0.7375621493 Pound-force foot (lbf·ft)
Raw value: 0.737562
Scientific dossier
What the tool computes, what it assumes, where it stops being valid, and where its data comes from.
Method & formulasT = F × d
T = F × d
1 N·m = 1 N applied 1 m from the axis
Torque is the product of a force and the distance to the axis of rotation. Doubling the lever arm doubles the torque at equal force, the principle of the torque wrench.
- N·cm
- · Newton-centimeter (N·cm)
- N·m
- · Newton-meter (N·m)
- mN·m
- · Millinewton-meter (mN·m)
- kgf·cm
- · Kilogram-force centimeter (kgf·cm)
- kgf·m
- · Kilogram-force meter (kgf·m)
- lbf·in
- · Pound-force inch (lbf·in)
- lbf·ft
- · Pound-force foot (lbf·ft)
Validity domainA torque of 1 N·m and an energy of 1 J share the same physical dimension (M·L²·T⁻²) but do not measure the same thing: torque is a moment, the cross product of a force and a lever arm; energy is work, the dot product of a force and a displacement.
A torque of 1 N·m and an energy of 1 J share the same physical dimension (M·L²·T⁻²) but do not measure the same thing: torque is a moment, the cross product of a force and a lever arm; energy is work, the dot product of a force and a displacement. Converting one into the other is physically meaningless, and this tool's engine structurally refuses to do so. The two quantities are separate dimensions.