Convert joule to foot-pound
1 J = 0.7375621493 ft⋅lb
1 J = 0.738 ft⋅lb
1 J in every energy unit
| joule | 1 J |
| kilojoule | 0.001 kJ |
| megajoule | 0.000001 MJ |
| calorie | 0.239 cal |
| kilocalorie | 0.000239 kcal |
| watt-hour | 0.000278 Wh |
| kilowatt-hour | 2.78e-07 kWh |
| British thermal unit | 0.000948 BTU |
| foot-pound | 0.738 ft⋅lb |
| electron volt | 6.24e+18 eV |
| kiloelectron volt | 6.24e+15 keV |
| megaelectron volt | 6,240,000,000,000 MeV |
How the conversion works
Multiply by 0.7375621493 to go from joule to foot-pound, or divide by it to go back. Every conversion on this site routes through the SI value (J) rather than a table of pairwise factors, so a round-trip returns exactly what you started with.
Going the other way? foot-pound to joule — 1 ft⋅lb = 1.355817948 J.
joule to foot-pound — common values
| 1 J | 0.73756215 ft⋅lb |
| 2 J | 1.4751243 ft⋅lb |
| 3 J | 2.2126864 ft⋅lb |
| 5 J | 3.6878107 ft⋅lb |
| 10 J | 7.3756215 ft⋅lb |
| 15 J | 11.063432 ft⋅lb |
| 20 J | 14.751243 ft⋅lb |
| 25 J | 18.439054 ft⋅lb |
| 50 J | 36.878107 ft⋅lb |
| 75 J | 55.317161 ft⋅lb |
| 100 J | 73.756215 ft⋅lb |
| 250 J | 184.39054 ft⋅lb |
| 500 J | 368.78107 ft⋅lb |
| 1000 J | 737.56215 ft⋅lb |