dyn
Dyne
Scientific System

Dyne (dyn)

A dyne is the CGS unit of force equal to 10⁻⁵ newtons—the force needed to accelerate 1 gram by 1 cm/s². Dynes appear in older scientific literature and surface tension measurements. One newton equals 100,000 dynes.

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Conversion Factors

1 dyn 1e-5 N
1 dyn 1e-8 kN
1 dyn 0.01 MN
1 dyn 0.01 mN
1 dyn 1.019716213e-6 kgf
1 dyn 0.0010197162 gf
1 dyn 1.019716213e-9 tf
1 dyn 2.248089431e-6 lbf
1 dyn 3.5969430896e-5 ozf
1 dyn 2.248089431e-9 kipf
1 dyn 1.1240447155e-9 tonf
1 dyn 7.2330138512e-5 pdl
1 dyn 1e-8 sn

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