Poundal (pdl)

A poundal (pdl) is the FPS unit of force equal to 0.138 newtons—the force needed to accelerate 1 pound by 1 ft/s². Poundals avoid confusion between pound-mass and pound-force. Rarely used today; appears in older physics textbooks.

Convert From Poundals

poundals to newtons Poundal to Kilonewton Poundal to Meganewton Poundal to Millinewton Poundal to Kilogram-force Poundal to Gram-force Poundal to Metric Ton-force Poundal to Pound-force Poundal to Ounce-force Poundal to Kip-force Poundal to Short Ton-force Poundal to Dyne Poundal to Sthène

Convert To Poundals

newtons to poundals Kilonewton to Poundal Meganewton to Poundal Millinewton to Poundal Kilogram-force to Poundal Gram-force to Poundal Metric Ton-force to Poundal Pound-force to Poundal Ounce-force to Poundal Kip-force to Poundal Short Ton-force to Poundal Dyne to Poundal Sthène to Poundal

Conversion Factors

1 pdl 0.1382549544 N

1 pdl 0.000138255 kN

1 pdl 138.25495438 MN

1 pdl 138.25495438 mN

1 pdl 0.0140980819 kgf

1 pdl 14.09808185 gf

1 pdl 1.409808185e-5 tf

1 pdl 0.0310809502 lbf

1 pdl 0.4972952027 ozf

1 pdl 3.1080950172e-5 kipf

1 pdl 1.5540475086e-5 tonf

1 pdl 13825.495438 dyn

1 pdl 0.000138255 sn

Related Units

Newton (N) Kilonewton (kN) Meganewton (MN) Millinewton (mN) Kilogram-force (kgf) Gram-force (gf) Metric Ton-force (tf) Pound-force (lbf) Ounce-force (ozf) Kip-force (kipf) Short Ton-force (tonf) Dyne (dyn) Sthène (sn)